Fall Semester 2011
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| Monday, September 12, 2011 | Diana Worrall, University of Bristol |
Active-Galaxy Jets: an Exhausting Business |
| Monday, September 19, 2011 | Elke Roediger, Jacobs University Bremen |
Understanding Dynamical Galaxy Clusters: Combining Observations and Simulations |
| Monday, September 26, 2011 | Daisuke Nagai, Yale University |
Cosmology and Astrophysics with Galaxy Clusters |
| Monday, October 3, 2011 | Helen Kirk, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
Mass Segregation in Clustered and Isolated Star-Forming Environments |
| Monday, October 17, 2011 | Jeff Hall, Lowell Observatory |
Fifty Years of Stargazing: Stellar Cycles at Lowell Observatory |
| Monday, October 24, 2011 | Smadar Naoz, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
The Origin of Retrograde Hot Jupiters |
| Monday, October 31, 2011 | Thomas Dame, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
The Milky Way as a Grand Design Spiral |
| Monday, November 7, 2011 | Catherine Espaillat, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
Planet Formation in Dusty Disks Around Young Stars |
| Monday, November 14, 2011 | No Seminar | No Seminar |
| Monday, November 21, 2011 | Kevin Schawinski, Yale University |
The Co-Evolution of Galaxies and Black Holes |
| Monday, November 28, 2011 | Thomas Bania, Boston University |
The Green Bank Telescope H II Region Discovery Survey |
| Monday, December 5, 2011 | Barry Madore, Carnegie Observatories |
Decoding the Schmidt Law: What Can We Know about Star Formation? |
| Monday, December 12, 2011 | Maryam Modjaz, New York University |
Stellar Forensics with Supernovae & GRBs |