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Learn More About Galaxies And Political Spending At Upcoming Lectures

September 2016

Dr. Anne JaskotDr. Robert G. Boatright
Dr. Anne Jaskot and Dr. Robert G. Boatright

The Fall 2016 Liberal Arts Distinguished Lecturer Series is hosting two speakers in November, with topics including galaxy ionization and campaign spending.

Anne Jaskot, of Smith College, will present her talk “Ionizing Galaxies Wear Green: ‘Green Pea’ Galaxies and the Reionization of the Universe”

In the first billion years after the Big Bang, the universe’s hydrogen gas became ionized, with the electrons freed from the protons. This major period in the universe’s history is known as the epoch of reionization. Ms. Jaskot will discuss how this event took place, and different possible causes.

Ms. Jaskot earned her Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Michigan and is a teaching and research fellow at Smith College. She uses observations from radio to X-ray wavelengths to study the gas properties of starburst galaxies.

QCC Professor Andria Schwortz assisted in bringing Ms. Jaskot to speak at QCC.

Her presentation will be Friday, November 4, from noon to 1:00 p.m., Room 109 in the Harrington Learning Center.

Turning to politics, Robert G. Boatright, of Clark University, will present “The Trump Effect in the 2016 Congressional Elections,” discussing the impact of campaign spending.

The nomination of Donald Trump prompted many Republican donors to decrease their spending on the presidential race and increase their spending in support of other candidates. “However, the rapid change in the party’s beliefs about its ability to win the presidency, coupled with loosened regulations on political spending, created the most fluid pattern of campaign spending the nation has seen in decades,” Mr. Boatright said. He will document the effects of this shift in resources.

Mr. Boatright is a professor of political science at Clark University and the Director of Research at the National Institute for Civil Discourse at the University of Arizona. He received a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from Carleton College.

His talk will be Monday, November 14, from noon to 1:00 p.m., Room 109 in the Harrington Learning Center.

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