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[Jeanine Gregoire]

Greetings, I was referred to you by Chuck Niederriter concerning posting 
information about the upcoming Sverdrup Visiting Scientist Lecture at 
Augsburg, April 16-17, 2007. If you believe this is pertinent to your 
membership I would appreciate it if you would post it. These events are 
free and open to the general public. Thanks for your cooperation. 
Jeanine Gregoire, Director, NASA Space Grant Program @Augsburg College.

Sverdrup Public Lecture Program
April 16-17, 2007 - Augsburg College – Minneapolis
All events are free and open to the public.

Sverdrup Public Lecture
"Exploring the Giant Magnetosphere of Jupiter"
April 16 - 8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center; Parking 
in Lot L off of 25th Ave. and Riverside, Minneapolis.

Abstract: Jupiter is a planet of superlatives: it is the most massive 
planet in the solar system, rotates the fastest, has the strongest 
magnetic field, and has the most massive satellite system of any planet. 
These unique properties lead to active volcanoes on Io, a ton per second 
of sulfur and oxygen being spewed out of the moon, a vast population of 
energetic plasma trapped in the planet's strong magnetic field, and 
intense auroral emissions in Jupiter's polar atmosphere. The giant 
magnetosphere of Jupiter has been explored by telescopes on Earth, 
Hubble Space Telescope, several spacecraft flying past the planet plus 
the Galileo spacecraft that spent seven years in orbit. This talk will 
discuss our current understanding of this huge, dynamic structure and 
present what we hope to learn from the New Horizons spacecraft as it 
flies down Jupiter's magnetotail on its way to Pluto (spring 2007) and 
from the Juno mission (launch due in 2011) that will skim over Jupiter's 
poles.

Divisional Colloquium
“Women in Physics & Astronomy: Moving Beyond ‘the Woman Problem’”
April 17 - Noon-1:00, Minneapolis Room, Christiansen Center; Parking in 
Lot L off of 25th Ave. and Riverside.

Abstract: Statistical studies of demographics by professional 
organizations such as the American Institute of Physics show practical 
reasons for moving from "how do we help these poor women" to "how to 
educate/hire/retain the talent we needed to supply a technical-trained 
workforce." Dr. Bagenal will discuss the professional pipeline, where it 
is leaky and how it can be fixed - including allowing for multiple pathways.

Biography: Fran Bagenal came to the US from England in 1976 to attend 
graduate school at MIT where she worked on data from the Voyager mission 
for her PhD. Her primary research interests are the magnetic fields of 
planets, the charged particles trapped in planetary magnetic fields and 
the interactions of moons with the particles and fields that surround 
them. She has been involved in the Voyager mission (Jupiter, Saturn, 
Uranus and Neptune), Galileo (Jupiter), Deep Space 1 (Comet Borrelly), 
the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Juno mission to Jupiter’s 
polar regions. She is Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences 
in the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of 
Colorado, Boulder.

Funding for the Sverdrup Visiting Scientist Lecture Program made 
possible through the Sverdrup Endowment Fund, Augsburg College and the 
Minnesota Space Grant Consortium. For more information or to receive a 
poster of the Sverdrup Lecture call 612-330-1324 and leave your name, 
telephone number and mailing address and someone will return your call. 
Maps for this event can be found at www. augsburg.edu and search on 
campus map.

-- 
Jeanine Gregoire
Associate Professor
Augsburg College
2211 Riverside Ave., CB 312
Minneapolis, MN  55454
Tele:  612-330-1551
FAX: 612-330-1339
gregoire at augsburg.edu