S C O P E S

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Arrival and Registration

A table will be set up at the Green-Dorm parking lot for arrival and registration, 2-6 pm. Driving directions can be found here. If your arrival time lies outside of this window, please arrange with the organizers via email.

Session 1, Science Auditorium Sci2950

3:30 PM Housekeeping announcements, and welcome by organizing committee

Welcome by Division Chair Peh Ng

Land acknowledgement

4:00 PM The Kapemni Program: A conversation about place, stars, history, and students

Vuk Mandic, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and Sylke Boyd, University of Minnesota Morris

4:40 PM The UIS Henry Barber Astronomy Observatory

John C Martin, University of Illinois Springfield

5:05 PM "Yow! ...lots of things that we should discuss"

Matthew Craig, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN

5:35 PM Building an Observatory with Clear View of New York City

Patrick McQuillan, Passaic County Community College

Dinner in Dining Hall

The public is invited to the following two events:

Featured Presentation in the Science Auditorium

7:30 PM Eyes and Ears on Spacetime!

Michael Coughlin, Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

After that: refreshments, SCOPES cookies, and conversation in the Science Atrium