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Please join us for the 61st Annual Jansky Lecture, "What Do We Know About the Big Bang?”NSF NRAO is pleased to award the 2026 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship to Professor John E. Carlstrom, Chair and Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics at the University of Chicago.
Professor Carlstrom leads world-renowned research in the field of observational cosmology, studying the cosmic microwave background (CMB), and Sunyaev-Zeldovich (SZ) effect. He is also the director of the South Pole Telescope (SPT) project.
FREE! No registration required. The lecture will take place at the following dates and locations. More info: https://science.nrao.edu/science/jansky-lecture/speakers/2026-jansky-lecturer-prof-john-e-carlstrom
Not able to join us in-person? The Charlottesville lecture will be streamed live - info coming soon.
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🗓️ Mon, October 26 - 7:00 PM
📍 Green Bank Observatory, Science Center Auditorium (Green Bank, WV)
Public reception with the speaker to immediately follow
🗓️ Thurs, October 29 - 6:30 PM
📍 University of Virginia Gilmer Hall, Room 301 (Charlottesville, VA)
🗓️ Fri, November 20 - 7:00 PM
📍 New Mexico Tech, Workman 101 (Socorro, NM)
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The Jansky Lectureship is an honor established by the trustees of Associated Universities, Inc. to recognize outstanding contributions to the advancement of radio astronomy. To learn more, visit https://science.nrao.edu/science/jansky-lecture
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Gilmer Hall, 476 Farrish Cir, Charlottesville, VA 22903-5414, United States
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