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Apr
11
Explore SF State Day!
Sat, April 11, 09:00 am
SF State
Apr
07
S.P.A.C.E. goes to the GIANTS!
Tue, April 07, 04:45 pm
Oracle Park
Apr
06
PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "The Ghosts of Stars: The Heaviest Elements Found in Nature and Where They Are Born" - Erin Huntzinger (PhD Candidate, UC Davis)
Mon, April 06, 03:30 pm
SEIC 210
Apr
04
S.P.A.C.E. Beach Day!
Sat, April 04, 02:00 pm
28 Great Hwy, San Francisco, CA 94121
Mar
31
S.P.A.C.E. tour of Tesla
Tue, March 31, 08:00 am
Tesla, Fremont, CA
Mar
30
PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "The connections between the chemical abundances of stars and their exoplanetary systems" - Dr. Luan Ghezzi (Asst. Prof., Observatório do Valongo, UFRJ)
Mon, March 30, 03:30 pm
SEIC 210
Mar
16
PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "Gravitational Waves: The Discovery that won the 2017 Nobel prize in Physics" - Dr. Lynn Cominsky (Professor, Sonoma State U.)
Mon, March 16, 03:30 pm
SEIC 210
Mar
11
S.P.A.C.E. Potluck & Game Night
Wed, March 11, 05:00 pm
Thornton Hall 116
Mar
11
Machine Shop Workshop Series: Welding II
Wed, March 11, 12:30 pm
Thornton Hall 213
Mar
09
Leuschner 30-inch Telescope Workshop
Mon, March 09, 07:00 pm
Thornton Hall 424
Mar
09
PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "Probing the nature of dark matter using super massive black holes" - Dr. Chris Gordon (Senior Lecturer, U. Canterbury)
Mon, March 09, 03:30 pm
SEIC 210
Mar
05
Tour of Joby Aviation
Thu, March 05, 10:00 am
Joby Aviation in San Carlos
Mar
04
Machine Shop Workshop Series: Welding I
Wed, March 04, 12:30 pm
Thornton Hall 213
Mar
02
PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "On Mineralogy in Substellar Clouds of Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs" - Dr. Sarah Moran (Sagan Fellow, Space Telescope Science Institute)
Mon, March 02, 03:30 pm
SEIC 210
Feb
27
M.S. Physics Project Talk: Jie Goodrich - "Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Study of Defects in Few-Layer Molybdenum Disulfide"
Fri, February 27, 09:00 am
Blakeslee Room, 10th floor, Thornton Hall
Feb
25
S.P.A.C.E. Movie Night
Wed, February 25, 06:30 pm
Thornton Hall 411
Feb
25
Machine Shop Workshop Series: The Lathe
Wed, February 25, 12:30 pm
Thornton Hall 213
Feb
18
Machine Shop Workshop Series: The Milling Machine
Wed, February 18, 12:30 pm
Thornton Hall 213
Feb
16
PHYS/ASTR Colloquium: "Signatures of the First Stars and Galaxies in the Local Group" - Dr. Ani Chiti (Postdoc, Stanford U.)
Mon, February 16, 03:30 pm
SEIC 210
Feb
11
Machine Shop Workshop Series: Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Wed, February 11, 12:30 pm
TH 213
Feb
09
S.P.A.C.E. General Meeting
Mon, February 09, 12:20 pm
Thornton Hall 123
Feb
04
Machine Shop Workshop Series: Machine Shop Safety
Wed, February 04, 12:30 pm
Thornton 213
Feb
02
Observatory Docent Organizational Meeting
Mon, February 02, 04:00 pm
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