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<div class="">Our colloquium speaker, Dr. Emily Levesque, will be visiting us all day tomorrow, and I’d like to request that you try and find a time to meet with her. Dr. Levesque is one of the top young observational astronomers in the United States and was
recently awarded the Annie Jump Cannon award, one of the highest honors for astronomers in the US. Dr. Levesque has studied a wide range of topics, including the red giant stages of massive star evolution, gamma ray bursts and the intergalactic medium, and
exotic objects like the </div>
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<div class="">Any grad or undergrad students are especially encouraged to schedule meeting times to talk about research, life in astronomy, grad school life, etc.</div>
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<div class="">In particular, I suggest the following ideas in priority order; please contact me if you are willing to participate in one or more:</div>
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<div class="">* A group of a few undergrads / grads and a faculty member to take Dr. Levesque to lunch (I teach and cannot go to lunch).</div>
<div class="">* A meeting with the SPS to chat at the regular 3pm time</div>
<div class="">* A couple of grad students to join us for dinner (please talk to Alex Spahn to draw lots)</div>
<div class="">* Anyone for ~30 min meetings at other times; please let me know what works timewise</div>
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<div class="">Thanks!</div>
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<div class="">KAW</div>
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<div apple-content-edited="true" class=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">Dr.
Kurtis A. Williams<br class="">
Assistant Professor<br class="">
Department of Physics and Astronomy<br class="">
Texas A&M University - Commerce<br class="">
Tel: (903) 886-5516<br class="">
<a href="mailto:Kurtis.Williams@tamuc.edu" class="">Kurtis.Williams@tamuc.edu</a></span>
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