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<p class="MsoNormal">A reminder that we are going to have a famous alumna on campus today, Sarah Cantu, who will be the physics colloquium speaker. She will also be in the physics student lounge from 1:30-3. Students are encouraged to make time to come by
and meet Sarah or stay a while and visit as she will only be on campus this afternoon.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You might recognize her from her TV commercials <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">From Grit to Greatness<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Today-informal visit 1:30-3-STC 111<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Snacks available <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Today at 4, STC 127-</b>Colloquium <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Deep Imaging of Two Stellar Overdensities (a non-traditional academic experience)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Sarah Cantu graduated from Texas A&M University-Commerce in December 2015 with a Bachelor's of Science
in Physics and Mathematics. She is a third year Diversity Fellow pursing her PhD in Astronomy at Texas A&M University-College Station. She studies near-field cosmology with Milky Way satellite observations. A Dallas native, she could live on tacos alone. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Abstract:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">This talk will be an opportunity to present my own case study on a non-traditional path to graduate
school in Physics and Astronomy. As such, I will be outlining both my academic career (which touches a little on my personal life) and presenting any particular problems/coping mechanisms as they pertained to my experiences in academia and the sciences.
I will end with my current experiences including culminating research (see below for science abstract).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">In the past decade, the number of low-luminosity Milky Way satellites has exploded. This is due to
the advent of numerous large-area, ground-based surveys such as the Dark Energy Survey (DES). I present deep follow-up Magellan/Megacam photometry of two ultra-faint dwarf galaxy candidates discovered in the DES footprint. We use Peter Stetson's DAOPHOT/ALLFRAME
package to derive point-spread function photometry and the DES Ultra-faint Galaxy Likelihood (UGaLi) toolkit to derive improved morphological parameters and isochrone fits. One of these galaxies proves to be one of the first false-positives. Our improved
structural parameters show the second to be larger than previously thought. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If you have not met Sarah, you can find more information here:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3DrXbI5dx90-2DY&d=DwMFAg&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=hjwEO_XYlnwAQWUGeaCrW47w4mK-Al28-BKyRvaivBs&m=SYj1ICUYDJhQ3s7gQ1c5-aqf5SGsymPL2V1n6N8hvdY&s=yXb1xsfZmhpGS3fhvuO7WWI_9w-OhzB839miafIjrf4&e=">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXbI5dx90-Y</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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