New Mexico Symposium & Jansky Lecture 2025

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New Mexico Symposium & Jansky Lecture 2025

NRAO Domenici Science Operations Center, Socorro, New Mexico
Nov 21, 2025

Dark skies and remote sites have attracted world-class astronomical facilities to the Southwest, supporting a wide range of research since the mid-1900s. The region has been at the forefront of advances in both science and technology - from optical and radio interferometry to groundbreaking insights into solar physics, planetary science, and the formation and evolution of stars, galaxies, clusters of galaxies and the universe itself. Building on this legacy, the upcoming next generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) radio telescope will further expand the Southwest’s role as an important hub for discovery and innovation in astronomy. To support this network of scientific research in the Southwest and foster interdisciplinary exchange, the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) is sponsoring the 41st Annual New Mexico Symposium on Friday, November 21, 2025.

Date and Location

The Symposium will be held in-person on Friday, November 21, 2025, at the NRAO Domenici Science Operations Center in Socorro. We anticipate the day of the symposium will be filled with presentations from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM MT, including poster sessions. Deadline for registration is November 5th, 2025.

Symposium Dinner

NRAO will be hosting a post-meeting dinner, starting with pre-dinner drinks at 5:30 PM MT. Dinner will be held at the DeJu House at 6 PM MT. The dinner event will be free to all officially registered symposium participants.

Jansky Lecturer

The 2025 Jansky Lecture will be delivered by Dr. Jean L. Turner, Distinguished Professor Emerita and Research Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Turner will speak on “Exploring the Dusty Origins of Star Clusters” at 7:00 PM MT on Friday, November 21, at New Mexico Tech, Workman 101. This event is free and open to all.

For more details for this event, please visit the official New Mexico Symposium & Jansky Lecture 2025 website.

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