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A Celebration of Gravitational Waves
Honoring the University of Maryland Pioneers and the
Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
University of Maryland
Stamp Student Union
Please join us for a reception beginning at 4:30 p.m. followed by a
panel discussion from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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Distinguished Panelists:
Kip Thorne
LIGO Co-founder
Caltech
Rainer Weiss LIGO Co-founder
MIT
Charles Misner
Gravitation Theory Group University of Maryland
Peter Shawhan LIGO Principal Investigator University of Maryland
Moderator:
S. James Gates Jr. Theoretical Physicist University of Maryland
Learn more about the University of Maryland's role in
the detection of gravitational waves:
"Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein’s Prediction"
"Gravitational Waves Detected from Second Pair of Colliding Black Holes"
Kip Thorne photo by Keenan Pepper
and Charles W. Misner photo by Puzhok, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rainer Weiss photo courtesty of MIT. Sylvester James Gates Jr. photo by John T. Consoli.
Peter Shawhan photo courtesy of Peter Shawhan. Gravitational waves illustration courtesy of NASA.
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