President's Science Lecture

November 4, 2004, 8 p.m., 102 Mills Godwin Building

Open and free to the public

As part of the annual President's Lecture Series at Old Dominion, one science speaker is always included. This year, Dr. Robert Kirshner, professor of astronomy at Harvard University and an associate director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, will speak on "The Extravagant Universe: Exploding Stars, Dark Energy, and the Accelerating Universe."

Professor Kirshner, author of 200 research papers, deals with supernovae, the large-scale distribution of galaxies, and the size and shape of the Universe. His most recent work is on the acceleration of the Universe and has been hailed "Science Breakthrough of the Year for 1998" by Science Magazine.

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