Published: January 30, 2015
UT Professor to Share Stellar Research at Next Honors Symposium Feb. 5
On Thursday, Feb. 5, at 4 p.m. The University of Tampa’s honor symposia series will continue with a presentation by Simon Schuler, assistant professor of physics, on The Origins of Extrasolar Planets. The lecture will be held in Reeves Theater in the Vaughn Center, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd., and is free and open to the public.
Schuler will discuss one of his current research projects, which may help scientists to more quickly find habitable planets — those within the “habitable zone” of a star where the temperature is not too hot nor too cold and liquid water can exist.
Schuler has an active research program involving UT students, as well as graduate students at other universities. He holds a grant from NASA to study the chemical compositions of stars hosting planets that were discovered by NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The mission of the Kepler program is to discover Earth-like planets around solar-like stars in our galaxy.
In this research, Schuler is looking for differences in the compositions of stars with planets versus those without planets to potentially identify a signature of the planet formation process. He has published 10 peer-reviewed papers in the leading astronomical journals and presented numerous posters and talks on the subject.
For more information, contact the Honors Program at honors@ut.edu or (813) 257-3545.
On Friday, April 17, a panel of four industry professionals will present the obstacles and challenges faced in today’s business environment related to whistleblowing.
The panel will be held at The University of Tampa Sykes College of Business, Room 234, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. This “Hot Seat Event” is sponsored by UT’s Center for Ethics. The public is invited, and there is no charge for the event.University of Tampa film students will screen their work at the first annual Moon Dance Film Festival at UT’s Reeves Theater on Tuesday, April 14, at 8:30 p.m.
Aaron Walker, assistant professor of communication, said the festival is an opportunity for UT students both to screen their work and to curate the best work of their peers.“It’s fully student-run, so it shows how deeply the students care about celebrating the strong work of their peers, but also shows how much desire there is for our FMA students to create venues of success for one another,” Walker said. “It’s a terrific collaboration, and will be a terrific party for film. Plus, the movies are great.”
The Sustainable Business Coalition of Tampa Bay Inc. and The University of Tampa Center for Ethics is calling for nominations for their annual Sustainable Business Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, June 10, at The University of Tampa’s Vaughn Center.
Now in its seventh year, the Sustainable Business Awards, sponsored by the Sustany Foundation, recognize and honor for-profit businesses in the Tampa Bay area that engage in practices that increase economic opportunities and improve the environment and community.