July 18-20 four MSUM Physics and Astronomy students attended and presented at the Live Interactive Planetarium Symposium at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. Melissa Foley, Boston Heaford, Jane Glanzer and Elizabeth Dougherty, along with Planetarium Director Sara Schultz, presented their work on developing science content and programming for the planetarium. The conference was focused on engaging and educating planetarium […]
July 16 – Aug. 20 | Sundays at 2 p.m. | Planetarium (Bridges 167)
The MSUM Planetarium has been awarded $9,000 to undertake a large-scale mural project. The MSUM Planetarium, Youth Educational Services (YES) and MSUM School of Art, will plan and execute several large-scale astronomically and educationally based glow-in-the dark murals for the entrance and inside of the MSUM Planetarium. The large scale works will fill over 100 linear feet of wall space. […]
Tuesday, April 18 | 4:30 p.m. | Planetarium Dr. Damiano Fulghesu will give a talk titled “Recurrence Sequences and Chaos.”