Socorro Wednesday Lunch Schedule - 2026

Wednesday Lunch is an informal lunchtime get-together with pizza to hear visitors' results as well as what staff are doing. If you or one of your visitors would like to speak at Wednesday Lunch, please contact Katherine Elder (username kelder) at username@nrao.edu.

Wednesday Lunch is held in the auditorium of the Domenici Science Operations Center (DSOC) in Socorro, New Mexico from noon until 1:00 PM unless otherwise indicated. All are welcome.

07 Jan 2026
Noon MT

No talk scheduled
14 Jan 2026
Noon MT

Spencer Drake (Univ. of Oxford): Human History from a Cosmic Perspective: Postnationalism, Deep Time, and the Voyager Golden Record
21 Jan 2026
Noon MT
 Paula Fudolig (George Mason Univ.): A Tale of Two Variabilities: VaDAR and the Brightening J0822+4553
18 Feb 2026
Noon MT
 Alexander Plavin (BH Initiative, Harvard Uni): VLBI and Gaia: rivalry turned into synergy
11 Mar 2026
Noon MT
 Lucy Steffes (Univ. of Arizona): Measuring Velocity Gradients of Intermediate Density Gas in Filament Spines and Prestellar Cores in the Taurus Molecular Cloud CANCELLED: Moved to Colloquium
22 Apr 2026
Noon MT
 Urvashi Rao (NRAO): ngRadar Imaging: Concepts and initial results
29 Apr 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
06 May 2026
Noon MT
 Auditorium in use (no lunch talk)
13 May 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
20 May 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
27 May 2026
Noon MT
 NRAO Users Committee Meeting (no lunch talk)
03 Jun 2026
Noon MT
No talk scheduled
10 Jun 2026
Noon MT
 Ana Pereira Aguirre (Universidad de Antofagasta, Chile): Monitoring Night Sky Brightness to Protect Dark Skies in the Antofagasta Region
17 Jun 2026
Noon MT
 Barb Gruber and Heather Marshall (NRAO): TBA
24 Jun 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
01 Jul 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
08 Jul 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
15 Jul 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
22 Jul 2026
Noon MT
 Summer Student Talks
29 Jul 2026
Noon MT
 Summer Student Talks
05 Aug 2026
Noon MT
 Summer Student Talks
12 Aug 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
19 Aug 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
26 Aug 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
02 Sep 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
09 Sep 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
16 Sep 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
23 Sep 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
30 Sep 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
07 Oct 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
14 Oct 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
21 Oct 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
28 Oct 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
04 Nov 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
11 Nov 2026
Noon MT
 Veterans Day
18 Nov 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
25 Nov 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
02 Dec 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
09 Dec 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
16 Dec 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
23 Dec 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled
30 Dec 2026
Noon MT
 No talk scheduled

 

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