Center of the Serpens Nebula as seen by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

2024 Tinsley Workshop

Hosted by the Yale Department of Astronomy October 27 - 29, 2024

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Tinsley Workshop - JWST results on galaxies and black holes in the early Universe

Hosted by the Yale Department of Astronomy

The inaugural Tinsley Workshop Oct 27-29, 2024 will commemorate the intellectual legacy of our late faculty member Prof. Beatrice Tinsley. The science theme of the workshop is JWST results on galaxies and black holes in the very early Universe, paying homage to her foundational and seminal contributions to galaxy formation. To kick-off the workshop, a public talk by Dr. Jane R. Rigby Senior Project Scientist for JWST will be held on Oct 27, 2024, 4PM at Linsly-Chittenden Hall Rm 102, 63 High St.

Beatrice Tinsley at Yale in 1976 (Yale University Library Manuscripts & Archives)

Keynote Public Talk - Sunday, 27 October 2024 at 4PM

Linsly-Chittenden Hall Room 102, 63 High St, New Haven CT

Dr. Jane Rigby is a civil servant Astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Rigby serves as the Senior Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). 

Dr. Rigby was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden on May 3, 2024. 

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Dr. Jane R. Rigby

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October 27, 2024 - Public Talk, Jane R. Rigby, 4PM Linsly-Chittenden Hall Room 102, 63 High Street, New Haven, CT

October 28, 2024 - Workshop, Kline Tower 14th Floor, meeting space.

October 29, 2024 - Workshop, Kline Tower 14th Floor, meeting space.

Workshop 2024 - Invited Speakers

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Acknowledgements

We acknowledge support from the Yale Tinsley Fund generously supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation.

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