Events on Wednesday, April 30th, 2025
- Wisconsin Union Directorate / Donald Kerst Distinguished Lecture Series
- Adam Riess: The Surprising Expansion History of the Universe
- Time: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
- Place: Memorial Union, Shannon Hall
- Speaker: Adam Riess, Space Telescope Science Institute
- Abstract: Adam Riess is a distinguished astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. In 2011, he was named a co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics and was awarded the Albert Einstein Medal for his leadership in the High-z Supernova Search Team’s discovery that the expansion rate of the universe is accelerating, a phenomenon widely attributed to a mysterious, unexplained "dark energy" filling the universe. The discovery was named by Science magazine in 1998 as "the Breakthrough Discovery of the Year." Free tickets are required, visit the website below to learn more.
- Host: WUD, L&S