Friday, April 8, 2016
Black Holes & Gravitational Waves:
LIGO's new view of the Cosmos
Shane
L. Larson
CIERA, Northwestern University & Adler Planetarium
A service
award was presented by President Audrey Fischer to
Mario Kowalski for his 25 years of astronomy outreach to the
Little Red Schoolhouse and elsewhere..
A large
audience extending into the darkness in back.
Peter Birren
gave a short monthly night sky preview.
Dr. Larson
gave an excellent presentation on the breakthrough LIGO.
A
commemorative cake was presented to Dr. Larson.