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 Amina Helmi on November 16th, 2018, 3:00PM at AMNH.
The current BAC representatives from each institution are:
AMNH: Jacqueline Faherty
CCA: David Spergel
Columbia: Zoltan Haiman
CUNY: Ariyeh Maller
NYU: David Hogg
Previous speakers have included
| Semester | Speaker | Host |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2018 | Amina Helmi | AMNH |
| Spring 2018 | Julianne Dalcantan | 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 |
