Live Faculty Talks
Talk Info
Join us for unique and thought provoking live talks throughout the year. The University of Colorado at Boulder is a Tier 1 research university and employs many of the world's expert scientists. This lecture series provides a great opportunity to hear from these leading researchers about their work and the impact on the scientific community and our society as a whole.
Run time
1 hour (including time to explore your curiosity and ask questions)
Please be aware
Our talks may incorporate one or several of the following features: bright lights, flashing visuals, loud sounds, or intense motion effects.
This is one of our regular talks. Regular ticket prices apply.
CU Boulder students are admitted FREE on THURSDAY NIGHT TALKS with valid Buff OneCard.
Upcoming Live Faculty Talks
Thursday, October 29 at 7pm & Friday, October 30 at 7pm
Our star, the Sun, brings light and life to the Earth. The Sun is not a boring star --- its surface is covered with magnetic fields, generated in the interior, that come and go over 11-year cycles of solar activity. We have studied the Sun for more than 400 years, and questions about the origins of solar magnetism remain amongst the most important in all of classical physics. The history studying this solar activity has deep ties in Colorado, and was central to Boulder becoming a world-renowned center of scientific research. Join Professor Ben Brown to learn how we know what we know about the Sun, from early telescope observations in the mountains of Colorado to cutting edge studies of the Sun from space and from the peak of Haleakalā on Maui. We will also learn what computer simulations and solar theory reveal below the Sun's surface, and how our full picture of our star the Sun is changing and evolving.
Dr. Ben Brown is a professor in the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences here at University of Colorado, Boulder. Dr. Brown did his PhD studies at CU Boulder, exploring the dynamo physics that build the solar magnetic field. He spent time at University of Wisconsin and University of California Santa Barbara before returning to CU Boulder as a faculty member. He loves exploring fluid dynamics in our Sun and in planetary atmospheres, is passionate about helping communities adapt to climate change, and loves exploring our world.
Thursday, November 5 at 7pm & Friday, November 6 at 7pm
NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft were launched in 1977 and flew past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Nearly half a century later, they are now about 5 times farther than Pluto from the Sun and are in the interstellar medium, having left the sphere of influence of the Sun – the Heliosphere. The Voyager mission opened our eyes to many different new worlds. Dr. Fran Bagenal will present the glories of Voyager and discuss current and future exploration of the outer solar system.
Watch this space for more amazing talks at Fiske.