Schedule for Group Meetings

Ford Group Meetings

(Full group, focused on professional development)

Submit agenda items via pull request

July 1, 2:30-3:30 via Zoom ONLY

• Requests?

July 15, 2:30-3:30 via Zoom ONLY

• Feedback on practice presentations for Sagan, Exoplanets III and/or DDA
• Requests?

July 22, 2:30-3:30 via Zoom ONLY

• Cancel for Sagan Workshop?

July 29, 2:30-3:30 via Zoom ONLY

• Cancel for Exoplanets III

August 5, 2:30-3:30 via Zoom ONLY

• Cancel for DDA?

EPRV/Stellar Activity Group Meetings

Please upload your slides to the relevant box subfolder prior to meeting.

• Jan 24, 11am-noon in Davey 432
• Feb 7, 11am-noon in Davey 432
• Feb 14, 11am-noon in Davey 432
• Feb 28, 11am-noon in Davey 432
• March 6, 11am-noon in Davey 432
• March 20, 11am-noon via Zoom ONLY
• March 27, 11am-noon via Zoom ONLY
• April 3, 11am-noon via Zoom ONLY
• April 10, 11am-noon in Davey 432
• April 17, 11am-noon in Davey 432
• April 24, 11am-noon in Davey 432
• May 1, 11am-noon in Davey 432
• May 8, 11:30am-noon in Davey 432
• May 15, 11:05am-noon in Davey 432
• May 22, 11:05am-noon in Davey 432
• May 29, 11:05am-noon in Davey 432
• June 5, 11:05am-noon in Davey 432
• June 12, 11:05am-noon in Davey 432
• June 19, 11:05am-noon in Davey 432
• June 26, 11:05am-noon in Davey 432
• July 3, 11:05am-noon in Davey 432
• July 10, 11:05am-noon in Davey 432
• July 17, 11:05am-noon in Davey 432
• Aug 7, 11:05am-noon in Davey 432
• Aug 14, 11:05am-noon in Davey 432

SysSim Group meetings

• Most Fridays, 2-3pm during Spring 2020 via Zoom

Regular Seminars & Other CEHW Faculty Group Meetings (check with them about adjustments due to COVID-19)

• Mondays 12:10-1:10 CEHW Seminar
• Monday 2:30-3:30 Bekki Group Meeting
• Tuesdays 10:30-12 ICS Seminars (just a few during the semester)
• Tuesdays 3:30-5 NEID Science meeting
• Tuesdays 4-5 Geosciences Colloquium
• Wednesdays 3:45-4:45 Astronomy Colloquium
• Thursdays 3-5 Suvrath Group Meeting
• Thursdays 3:45-5 Physics Colloquium
• Fridays 10-11 Stochastic Modeling & Computation Seminar
• Fridays 3-5 Jason Group Meeting

Previous Ford Group Meeting Agendae

2019

2020

Jan 15, 2:30-3:30 in Davey 441

• Professional Development Topics
  • Travel plans 

Jan 22, 2:30-3:30 in Davey 441

• Travel Reports    + AAS/ExoPAG (Matthias)   + Asteroseismology (Zhao)
• Professional Development Topics
  • Strategies for effective advising

Feb 12, 2:30-3:30 in Davey 441

• Research Updates
  • Matthias

Feb 26, 2:30-3:30 in Davey 441

• Travel Reports
  • TAMU Astronomical Data Science Workshop: Michael & Christian
• Professional Development Discussion Topics
  • Sagan workshop
  • Giving constructive feedback

March 4, 2:30-3:30 in Davey 441

• Postponed

Mar 18, 2:30-3:30 via Zoom ONLY

• Professional Development Discussion Topics
  • ROSES 2020 call
  • Mitigating COVID-19 impacts

Mar 25, 2:30-3:30 via Zoom ONLY

• Professional Development Discussion Topics
  • Successes/lessons learned from working at home
  • Mitigating COVID-19 impacts
• Research Updates
  • Kozai & Tidaly-excited oscilations (Zhao)

Apr 1, 2:30-3:30 via Zoom ONLY

• Professional Development Discussion Topics
  • Making the most of virtual meetings

Apr 22, 2:30-3:30 via Zoom ONLY

• Professional Development Discussion Topics
  • Finding value in reviewer feedback

May 6, 2:30-3:30 via Zoom ONLY

• Research Update: Christian
• Professional Development Topics
  • Online Presentations (Matthias, Michael, Eric)

May 13, 2:30-3:30 via Zoom ONLY

• Professional Development Topics
  • Guidelines for Advisor – Graduate Student Interactions

May 20, 2:30-3:30 via Zoom ONLY

• Feedback on draft iPosters for AAS Meeting

June 10, 3:00-4:00 via Zoom ONLY

• Police Brutality & Racism and their impact on Penn State & Astronomical Communities

June 17, 2:30-4:00 via Zoom ONLY

• Travel Reports
  • AAS Meeting (Brianna, Matthias)
• Professional Development Topics
  • Lessons learned for future virtual meetings
  • Follow-up from last meetings
  • Publishing in less common journals