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Cloudy, later partly cloudy skies with some rain greeted 19 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night and Special Event, Saturday, May 19th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. The occasion was the opening of the W.G. Colgrove Exhibit in the basement of the observatory. RASC London Centre member Mark Tovey presented his digital slide presentation Read More …
A hazy cloudy sky greeted some 40 visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 12th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. Earth Sciences graduate student Liam Innis presented his digital slide presentation “Asteroid Mining: Pipe Dream or Gold Rush?” and fielded questions. There were 32 people in the lecture room at 8:55 p.m. and Read More …
Cloudy skies and rain, with clearing later in the afternoon, greeted visitors to Science Rendezvous held at Western University’s TD Stadium on Saturday, May 12th, 2018, 10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m. This was the second time Western University participated in this nationwide event, bringing hands-on science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) activities to children. Cronyn Observatory Read More …
Partly cloudy skies greeted visitors to Western University’s Cronyn Observatory Summer Public Night, Saturday, May 5th, 2018, 8:30 p.m. They were welcomed by graduate student Hadi Papei, who was in charge of “crowd control” and counted 36 visitors for the evening. Earth Sciences graduate student Arya Bina made 2 presentations of his digital slide presentation Read More …
Cloudy skies and windy weather greeted a group of Western University Alumni and their children, which included 67 visitors (about 40 children and 27 adults), for the Special Event, Little Astronauts’ Space Expedition, Saturday, April 28th, 2018, 1:00—3:00 p.m. Welcoming them and conducting the event were graduate students Viraja Khatu and Dan Hatfield; PhD graduate Read More …