Meridian Speeches

Meridian Speakers are selected primarily on their demonstrated ability to engage an audience. The content is scientific but not delivered with the technical detail of a scientific colloquium. They occur approximately at noon, each month on an irregular schedule dictated in part by the speakers' schedules. Typically, they are delivered in the Muller auditorium or the JHU Schafler auditorium.

All STScI staff, JHU staff, students, and faculty are all invited to attend. The speeches are open to the public but typically will not be advertised to the public at large, in consideration for seating the STScI/Hopkins staffs.

All talks are archived by CPT at the following Website, where you may find additional supporting materials for the following talks.

Schedules:

2008-2009 Meridian Speeches Schedule:

Christopher Chyba, Thursday, Oct 30, 2008 at 12pm in Bloomberg 272, "The Nuclear, Biological, and Space Arms Control Challenges Facing the Next Administration" View webcast.

Mario Livio, Thursday, Jan 29, 2009 at 12pm in Bahcall Auditorium, "Is God a Mathematician?" View webcast.

Wolfgang Ketterle, Thursday, Feb 12, 2009 at 12pm in Bahcall Auditorium, "When Freezing Cold Is Not Cold Enough - New Forms of Matter Close to Absolute Zero Temperature" View webcast.

Mark Pendergrast, Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009 at 12pm in Bahcall Auditorium, "MIRROR MIRROR" View webcast.

2007-2008 Meridian Speeches Schedule:

Ann Finkbeiner, Thursday Nov 1, 2007 in Muller auditorium, "The Jasons" View webcast.

Tom Morris, Wednesday Dec 5, 2007 in Muller auditorium, "True Success: A New Philosophy of Excellence" View webcast.

Steven Squyres, Tuesday Feb 26, 2008 in Bahcall auditorium, "Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet" View webcast.

Virginia Trimble, Thursday May 29, 2008 in Bahcall auditorium, "Yesterday's Paradigm is Tomorrow's Wooden Nickel: The Fate of Major Astronomical Questions and Ideas" View webcast.

2006-2007 Meridian Speeches Schedule:

Keith Noll (STScI) Friday, Oct. 20, 2006 at 12:00 in the Muller Auditorium, "Is Pluto a Planet?: The Great Planet Debate" View webcast.

David Malin Thursday, Nov. 2, 2006 at 12:00 in the Muller Auditorium, "Microscope to Telescope" View webcast.

Sallie Baliunas Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006 12:00 in the Muller Auditorium, "A millennial sun and terrestrial ecosystems" View webcast.

Lawrence Crum Thursday, Mar. 29, 2007 12:00 in the Muller Auditorium, "Star in a Jar?" View webcast.

2005-2006 Meridian Speeches Schedule:

Mario Livio (STScI) Thursday Sept. 22, 2005 at 12:30 in the Muller Auditorium, "The Equation that Couldn't be Solved: How mathematical genius discovered the language of symmetry." View webcast.

Freeman Dyson (Institute for Advanced Study) Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005 at *12:00* pm Muller Building Auditorium, "Project Orion [designs for a nuclear-propelled spacecraft]" View webcast.

Nobel Laureate Douglas Osheroff (Stanford University) Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005 at 12:00 noon in the STScI Auditorium "Understanding The Columbia Shuttle Accident" View webcast.

Carol Christian (STScI) Thursday, Feb. 2, 2006 at 12:00 Noon in the STScI Auditorium "Water Footprints and Virtual Water" View webcast.

Steve Beckwith (STScI) Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 12:00 noon in the STScI Auditorium "The Making of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field" View webcast.

C. R. O'Dell (Vanderbilt University) Friday, April 21, 2006 at 12:00 pm *Schafler* Auditorium (JHU Bloomberg Building) "A History of the Early HST" View webcast.

Wayne Rosing Thursday, May 4, 2006 at 12 pm in the STScI Auditorium "WWW.LCOGT.NET: A Global Network Observatory for Extended Time Series and Transient Phenomena Observations"
View webcast.