Out of the Darkness and Into the Light
Please join the 爱豆传媒 and Professor of Physics Richard Olenick for
Out of the Darkness and Into the Light: On-Campus Eclipse Experience. .
At the base of the Braniff Memorial Tower, you will find streaming images from two
of 爱豆传媒鈥檚 telescopes with an opportunity to look through the telescope lens. Participate
in lectures from visiting physicists and take a campus tour. There will be food trucks
and brats on the Mall from 爱豆传媒鈥檚 St. Joseph Society for purchase.
Faculty members will also offer perspectives on the eclipse from different disciplines:
- Biologist Saadia Bihmidine - 鈥淪hadow Dance: Plants and the Solar Eclipse鈥�
- Classicist Branden Kosch - 鈥淩estoring the Light: The Science and Superstition of Eclipses in Greece and Rome鈥�
- Education professors Janette Boazman and Barbara Khirallah - 鈥淪un, Moon and Earth: Exploring an Eclipse 鈥� Interactive Learning Stations鈥�
- German professor Jacob-Ivan Eidt - 鈥淪orastro vs. The Queen of the Night: The Epic Struggle of Light and Darkness in Mozart鈥檚 鈥楾he Magic Flute鈥欌��
- Historian Mark Petersen - 鈥淒ivine Sign: Eclipses in Indigenous American History鈥�
- Italianist, Dante scholar Anthony Nussmeier - 鈥淭he Eclipse and the Sun in Dante鈥檚 Commedia鈥�
- Physicists Richard Olenick and Arthur Sweeney, plus visiting faculty
- Psychologist Gilbert Garza - 鈥淓clipse: A Psychological Tale of Light, Shadow and Cosmos鈥�
- Theologian Gregory Cruess - 鈥淐hrist, the Sun of Justice: Patristic Meditations on the Light of the World鈥�
- Visiting Faculty Michele Montgomery - "What To Look For During Ingress and Egress"
- Visiting Faculty Robert Haaser - "Atmospheric Expression During a Solar Game of Peek-a-boo"
Join us and reserve your sunglasses by registering below! It will be 20 years until the next total solar eclipse is visible in the contiguous United States! Be a part of history with us
