The Hoffleit Centennial: A Year of Celebration |
A Symposium Honoring the Centennial
Year of Dorrit Hoffleit
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The
Yale Astronomy Department is
pleased to announce a conference in honor of Dorrit Hoffleit's
centennial year. This historic event will consist of sessions
highlighting areas of research and education in which Dorrit was
primarily involved and we encourage the attendance of all who have
known and worked with her throughout her long and illustrious
career. The conference will be held on Friday April 28 and Saturday morning April 29, 2006 at the New Haven Omni Hotel. Invited speakers and a few additional speakers will cover the many fields in which she has worked with the balance of the contributions in the form of poster papers. Projection facilities will be available for PowerPoint and overhead projectors. Session topics and confirmed speakers are listed below. The conference proceedings will be published by the L. Davis Press. Links on this conference web site will lead you to instructions for registering, booking your hotel accommodations and preparing your talk for publication. |