{"id":9471,"date":"2013-02-06T15:54:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T22:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=9471"},"modified":"2013-02-18T14:36:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T21:36:27","slug":"tickets-for-april-neil-degrasse-tyson-speech-on-sale-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=9471","title":{"rendered":"Tickets for April Neil deGrasse Tyson speech on sale soon"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:\u00a0<\/strong>Tickets to this event have sold out.<\/p>\n

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\"Event<\/a>Tickets to hear one of the world\u2019s leading astrophysicists and former host of \u201cNova Science<\/i> Now\u201d <\/i>will go on sale Feb. 17 at the University Center front desk and other locations throughout Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n

Neil deGrasse Tyson, author of \u201cSpace Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier,\u201d\u00a0 \u201cThe Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet,\u201d and \u201cDeath by the Black Hole,\u201d host of the \u201cStar Talk Radio Show\u201d and the former host of \u201cNOVA Science Now\u201d will be at UCCS April 17 for a single 7 p.m. presentation, \u201cAmerica\u2019s Past, Present and Future in Space.\u201d<\/p>\n

The event will be at the Gallogly Events Center. Seating is limited to 1,200. Tickets for UCCS faculty, staff, and students are $2 and will be available beginning Feb. 17 at the University Center front desk, King Soopers or through TicketsWest at bit.ly\/UCCSNeildeGrasseTysonTickets<\/a>. Tickets for high school students, students at other colleges, and military members with identification are also $2. Tickets for all others are $7.<\/p>\n

The event is co-sponsored by the Office of Student Activities and the Department of Residential Life and Housing.
\n\u201cWe think tickets are going to go fast for this event,\u201d Stephen Cucchiara, assistant director, Office of Student Activities said. \u201cNeil deGrasse Tyson is known for his engaging, thoughtful commentary and his ability to make us think. This will be a great show.\u201d<\/p>\n

About the Speaker<\/b><\/p>\n

Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City and was educated in public schools. He earned \u00a0a bachelor\u2019s in physics from Harvard University and Ph.D. in astrophysics from Columbia University.<\/p>\n

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Neil deGrasse Tyson with the tools of his trade. Photo by David Gamble, 2008.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tyson’s professional research interests are broad, but include star formation, exploding stars, dwarf galaxies, and the structure of our Milky Way.<\/p>\n

In 2001, Tyson was appointed by President George H. Bush to serve on a 12member commission that studied the Future of the U.S. aerospace Industry. The final report was published in 2002 and contained recommendations (for Congress and for the major agencies of the government) that would promote a thriving future of transportation, space exploration, and national security.<\/p>\n

In 2004, Tyson was once again appointed by President Bush to serve on a nine-member commission on the implementation of the United States Space Exploration Policy, dubbed the \u201cMoon, Mars, and Beyond\u201d commission. This group navigated a path by which the new space vision can become a successful part of the American agenda. In 2006, the head of NASA appointed Tyson to serve on its prestigious advisory council to help guide NASA through its need to fit its ambitious vision into its restricted budget.<\/p>\n

In addition to dozens of professional publications, Tyson has written, and continues to write for the public. From 1995 to 2005, he was a monthly essayist for Natural History<\/i> magazine under the title \u201cUniverse.\u201d And among Tyson’s ten books is his memoir \u201cThe Sky is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist\u201d; and \u201cOrigins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution,\u201d co-written with Donald Goldsmith. \u201cOrigin\u201d is the companion book to the PBS-NOVA 4-part mini-series Origins, in which Tyson served as on-camera host. The program premiered on September 28 and 29, 2004.<\/p>\n

Two of Tyson’s recent books are the playful and informative \u201cDeath By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries,\u201d which was a New York Times<\/i> bestseller, and \u201cThe Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet,\u201d chronicling his experience at the center of the controversy over Pluto’s planetary status. The PBS\/NOVA documentary “The Pluto Files”, based on the book, premiered in March 2010.<\/p>\n

For five seasons, beginning in the fall of 2006, Tyson appeared as the on-camera host of PBS-NOVA’s spinoff program \u201cNOVA Science NOW<\/i>,\u201dwhich is an accessible look at the frontier of all the science that shapes the understanding of our place in the universe.<\/p>\n

Tyson is the recipient of eighteen honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest award given by NASA to a non-government citizen. His contributions to the public appreciation of the cosmos have been recognized by the International Astronomical Union in their official naming of asteroid \u201c13123 Tyson\u201d. On the lighter side, Tyson was voted \u201cSexiest Astrophysicist Alive\u201d by People Magazine in 2000.<\/p>\n

In February 2012, Tyson released his tenth book, containing every thought he has ever had on the past, present, and future of space exploration: \u201dSpace Chronicles: Facing the Ultimate Frontier.\u201d Currently, he is working on a 21st century reboot of Carl Sagan’s landmark television series \u201cCOSMOS,\u201d to air in 13 episodes on the FOX network in the spring of 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:\u00a0Tickets to this event have sold out. Tickets to hear one of the world\u2019s leading astrophysicists and former host of \u201cNova Science Now\u201d will go on sale Feb. 17 at the University Center front desk (More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/1117-neil-3-2-194x300.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-2sL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9471"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12097,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9471\/revisions\/12097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}