Shane Burns, professor, Department of Physics, Colorado College will provide a keynote address for the Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum, a collaborative venture designed to highlight student accomplishments at Colorado College, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and the United States Air Force Academy.
Burns will trace the 13.7 billion year old history of the universe in his 9 a.m. April 28 address at Gaylord Hall on the Colorado College campus, kicking off a daylong event where more than 450 undergraduates from the three institutions will share their work in areas as diverse as arts, business, mathematics, engineering, natural sciences and social sciences.
UCCS Provost Peg Bacon will attend the event to offer a welcome. She will introduce Burns, known for his eloquent tracing of the history of cosmology as well as his work with supernovae, massive exploding stars. His research led to the 1998 discovery of the accelerating expansion of the universe.
“In this talk, I hope to show how the interplay of theory and observation led the very convincing, but arguably bizarre, scientific story of creation,” Burns said.
Following Burns’ address, students will participate in oral and poster presentations at the Cornerstone Arts Center on the CC campus. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.uccs.edu/csurf. The events are free for currently enrolled undergraduates from the three institutions and open to the public.
UCCS leaders initiated the Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum in 2003 to highlight the accomplishments of students at the three leading area higher education institutions. The event initially focused on natural sciences but was later expanded to other disciplines to reflect the strengths of the event partners. The forum rotates between CC, UCCS and USAFA.
For more information about the forum, contact Margie Oldham, assistant to the dean, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, [email protected] or 255-4552.
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