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From the OLLI Archives: Astronomy

Instructor
Ata Sarajedini
SM8212
Video Catch-up
Available

Course Description

OLLI breaks into their Archives to bring you one of their most popular video documentaries! Ata Sarajedini, Ph.D., professor and Bjorn Lamborn Endowed Chair in Astrophysics at Florida Altantic University, paints a broad picture of astronomy, including the fundamental properties of light, how planets, stars and galaxies form, and how the universe itself was created to give you a new perspective on astronomy and the universe and what we know about it. PRE-RECORDED PRESENTATION - NO INSTRUCTOR PRESENT.

Course Info

  • Time: 12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
  • Date: Wednesday, August 21
  • Location: Friedberg Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Building
  • Fees: Member - $10
    Non-member - $15
    One-time guest pass, Member or Non-member at the door - $15.

About the Instructor

  • Ata Sarajedini, Ph.D., is a professor and the Bjorn Lamborn Endowed Chair in Astrophysics at FAU. Before coming to FAU in January of 2017, he served as associate dean for natural sciences and mathematics as well as associate dean for research in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Florida. Before that, he was Associate Chair and Acting Chair in the Department of Astronomy. After earning his doctoral degree in astronomy at Yale in 1992, he spent seven years as a postdoctoral researcher and a Hubble Fellow at Kitt Peak National Observatory and San Francisco State University. Sarajedini spent two years at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT as an assistant professor before moving to the University of Florida in 2001. His research is focused on resolved stellar populations in Local Group galaxies. These include field stars, open and globular clusters in the Milky Way, M31, M33, the Magellanic Clouds, and the numerous nearby dwarf galaxies.