Date
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Speaker
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Topic
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8/31
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Harriet Dinerstein
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Introductions, Purpose and Plan for this
Course
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9/6
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Anita Cochran
Assistant Director of McDonald Observatory
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Graduate School I: McDonald Observatory's facilities in west Texas, and
how to get access to them
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9/13
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Marty Bitner, Shay Strong, Elizabeth Jeffery, Jarrett Johnson
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Graduate School II: Discussion of strategies for survival and
success in our program, with a panel of graduate students in their third
year or beyond
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9/20
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Harriet Dinerstein
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Research Areas I: Overview of Research on the Interstellar Medium at UT
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9/27
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Karl Gebhardt
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Research Areas II: Overview of Research in
Observational Extragalactic Astronomy at UT
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10/4
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Bill Cochran
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Research Areas III: Overview of Research in
Planetary Science (Solar System and Exoplanets)
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10/13*
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Special Time and Place: Friday, 9-11 AM and noon-1:30 PM, in classroom 15.216B.
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The Class
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Professional Skills I: Student Symposium of short Oral Presentations
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10/18
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Seth Redfield, Mike Siegel, Stuart Barnes, Anna Frebel, & Lars Koesterke
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Careers I: Post-doc Panel - Current postdoctoral associates talk about their strategies and experiences
in finding postdoc positions in astronomy
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10/25
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Chris Sneden &
ApJ Letters Editor
Ethan Vishniac
ApJ Editor-in-Chief
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Professional Skills II: Publishing Papers in
Refereed Journals
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11/1
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Carlos Allende Prieto & Michael Montgomery
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Research Groups IV: Overview of Research in Stellar Astronomy at UT
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11/8
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Volker Bromm
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Research Groups V: Overview of Research in the Theory Group at UT
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11/15
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Fritz Benedict, Povilas Palunas, & Judit Ries
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Careers II: Observatory Staff Positions and Grant Supported Careers
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11/22
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NO CLASS
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Thanksgiving Week
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11/29
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Mary Kay Hemenway & Bill Welsh
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Careers III: Teaching & Outreach in Astronomical Careers; Faculty Positions at Non-Ph.D.-Granting Institutions
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12/6
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Harriet Dinerstein, Shardha Jogee, & John Lacy
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Professional Skills III: Writing and Peer Review of Observing and Grant Proposals
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