BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251120T234442EST-6935PHfBpm@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251121T044442Z DESCRIPTION:The ɬÀï·¬ Department of Physics presents the 2013/2014 Anna I. McPherson Public Lecture.  This year\, the lecture will be given by Prof. Andrea Ghez\, from the University of California\, Los Angeles.  The lectu re is entitled 'The Monster at the Heart of the Milky Way' (summary here). The lecture will be followed by night sky observations (weather permittin g) organized by AstroɬÀï·¬. The lecture is intended for a general audienc e\, and it is free of charge. No reservation is necessary. The event will be held in the Leacock Auditorium (room 132) in the Stephen Leacock Buildi ng at 6pm. Andrea M. Ghez\, a professor of Physics & Astronomy who holds the Lauren B. Leichtman & Arthur E. Levine chair in Astrophysics\, is one of the world's leading experts in observational astrophysics and heads UCL A's Galactic Center Group. She earned her B.S in Physics from MIT in 1987\ , and her PhD from Caltech in 1992 and has been on the faculty at UCLA sin ce 1994. Best known for her ground-breaking work on the center of our Gala xy\, which has led to the best evidence to date for the existence of super massive black holes\, she has received numerous honors and awards includin g the Crafoord Prize in Astronomy (she is the first woman to receive a Cra foord prize in any field)\, a MacArthur Fellowship\, election to the Natio nal Academy of Sciences\, the American Academy of Arts & Sciences\, and th e American Philosophical Society. Her work can be found in many public out lets including TED\, NOVA's Monster of the Milky Way\, Discovery's Swallow ed by a Black Hole\, and Griffith Observatory. For more information see ht tp://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghezgroup/gc/ and http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~ghez /. DTSTART:20131121T230000Z DTEND:20131121T230000Z LOCATION:Leacock Auditorium - Room 132\, Leacock Building\, CA\, QC\, Montr eal\, H3A 2T7\, 855 rue Sherbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Anna I. McPherson Lectures 2013/2014 - Andrea M. Ghez: 'The Monste r at the Heart of the Milky Way' URL:/channels-contribute/channels/event/anna-i-mcphers on-lectures-20132014-andrea-m-ghez-monster-heart-milky-way-231510 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR