The Big Apple Colloquium (BAC) is a once a semester special seminar held jointly by the astronomy departments in New York City (AMNH, CCA, Columbia, CUNY, NYU).
The next Big Apple Colloquium will be:
Andrea Ghez (UCLA), Fri Dec 6, 2024, 3pm at Columbia
The current BAC representatives from each institution are:
AMNH: Jacqueline Faherty
CCA: Adrian Price-Whelan
Columbia: Zoltan Haiman
CUNY: Ariyeh Maller
NYU: Michael Blanton
Previous speakers have included
| Semester | Speaker | Host |
|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | ||
| Fall 2024 | Andrea Ghez | Columbia |
| Spring 2024 | Not Held | |
| Fall 2023 | Not Held | |
| Spring 2023 | Not Held | |
| Fall 2022 | Heidi Hammel | AMNH |
| Spring 2022 | Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz | CUNY |
| Fall 2021 | Not Held | |
| Spring 2021 | Karin Öberg | CCA |
| Spring 2020 | Jim Peebles | Columbia |
| Fall 2019 | Fiona Harrison | NYU |
| Spring 2019 | Not Held | |
| Fall 2018 | Amina Helmi | AMNH |
| Spring 2018 | Julianne Dalcanton | CUNY |
| Fall 2017 | Not Held | |
| Spring 2017 | Hiranya Peiris | CCA |
| Fall 2016 | Not Held | |
| Spring 2016 | Not Held | |
| Fall 2015 | Debate: Scott Tremaine vs. Sterl Phinney | Columbia |
| Spring 2015 | Not Held | |
| Fall 2014 | David Charbonneau | NYU |
| Spring 2014 | Not Held | |
| Fall 2013 | Jon Carlstrom | CUNY |
| Spring 2013 | Harvey Richer | AMNH |
| Fall 2012 | Not Held | |
| Spring 2012 | Vicky Kaspi | Columbia |
| Fall 2011 | Amy Barger | NYU |
| Spring 2011 | Steve Balbus | AMNH |
| Fall 2010 | Not Held | |
| Spring 2010 | Joan Centrella | Columbia |
| Fall 2009 | Marc Kamionkowski | NYU |
| Spring 2009 | Alex Filippenko | AMNH |
| Fall 2008* | Tim Heckman | Columbia |
| Spring 2008 | Rashid Sunyaev | NYU |
| Fall 2007 | Adam Burrows | AMNH |
| Spring 2007 | Geoff Marcy | Columbia |
| Fall 2006 | Volker Springel | NYU |
| Spring 2006 | ||
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