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Celebration
Conferences The Governing Board of Euroscience, a European Association for the Promotion of Science and Technology, was hosted by Sabino Maffeo, S.J., for a meeting at Castel Gandolfo 8-9 February. From 6 to 8 June the Observatory hosted “Weekend Conversations on the Specola Vaticana” at which the following young Jesuits interested in research in astronomy participated: Richard D’Souza, S.J. (Province of Goa), who is studying for a Master’s Degree in astrophysics at the University of Heidelberg; Paul Gabor, S.J. (Province of Bohemia), who has studied quantum mechanics and elementary particle physics and is completing his theology studies; Gabriele Gionti, S.J. (Province of Italy), who completed his doctorate in 1998 with a thesis in quantum gravity at the International School of Trieste, Italy and who is now pursuing his philosophy studies; and Jean-Baptiste Kikwaya, S.J. (Province of Central Africa), who has already been assigned to the Observatory staff (see Personnel News in the section From the Director). The Clavius Group of Mathematicians, a community of Jesuits as well as other religious and lay persons co-founded by Andrew Whitman, S.J., in 1963, met 15 July-14 August for its 41st meeting at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques in Bures-sur-Yvette, outside Paris.
From 7 to 13 September at Castel Gandolfo the Observatory hosted the Capstone Conference of the series “Scientific Perspectives on Divine Action.” The series and the Capstone Conference have been jointly sponsored by the Observatory and the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences at Berkeley, California. The series of seven conferences, held over a period of fifteen years, has resulted in seven books covering a wide range of topics from quantum cosmology to evolutionary and molecular biology and the neurosciences. The purpose of the 2003 Capstone Conference was to evaluate the series and to plan for the future. The Observatory helped to host the meeting of the European Jesuits in Science held in Rome 11-14 September. Giuseppe Koch, S.J., organized the local arrangements. Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, S.J., spoke to the group and entertained a discussion on the intellectual apostolate of the Jesuits. The participants visited the Observatory at Castel Gandolfo on the evening of 13 September. Presentations and Academic Activities CARUANA • Presented the annual undergraduate course “Philosophy of Science and Nature” at the Gregorian University, and also the more advanced course “Science, Nature and God” for second cycle students. · In June, concluded the direction of a doctoral thesis on philosophical issues in the realm of psychosomatic medicine with special reference to anorexia nervosa. · Gave a paper on “Science and Priestly Formation” at the VIII Conference of European Jesuits in Science, held in Rome 10-14 September. CASANOVAS • On 13 January gave a lecture on “Early and Modern Meridians in Italy.” · On 29 March served on the examining board of a doctoral thesis on solar physics. · On 30 April lectured in the Museo de las Ciencias in Tenerife, Spain. · 5-7 June participated in a meeting on the history of astronomy at the University of Bari, Italy. CONSOLMAGNO • Presented “New Models for the Origin of the Lunar Crust” on 14 April at the University of Tennessee Department of Geosciences; on 20 May at the Drexel University Department of Physics, and on 13 November at the Georgia Southern University Department of Geology and Geography. · On 9 October discussed “What Lithified the Meteorites?” at the State University of New York (Stony Brook) Department of Geology and Geophysics. · Paid working visits to BLAND at Imperial College, London, on 15 January; to RUSSELL and GRADY at the Natural History Museum, London, on 10 February, May 26, July 4, October 6, and December 5; to SCHAEFER at the University of Texas Austin on 13 March; and to GARGET at Cambridge University Press on 3 July. CORBALLY • As Immediate Past President of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science, participated in council meetings in February at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, and in July on Star Island, New Hampshire. · Participated in the Star & Planet Formation Discussion Group at Steward Observatory. · Gave a colloquium on 31 January to the St. Mary's University, Halifax, NS, Astronomy and Physics Department on “The Enigmatic Lambda Boötis Stars,” and on 7 March spoke on the same topic at the regular FLASH colloquium at NOAO, Tucson. · Assisted with Wheeling Jesuit University's second observing run at VATT and with the inauguration of CorMASS. · Gave an evening lecture in June to the VOSS at Castel Gandolfo on “The Personalities of Stars and Galaxies Through Their Spectra.” · During the XXV General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in Sydney, Australia, in July, gave a talk at meeting of the Working Group on Ap and Related Stars entitled “Does ‘Location, Location, Location’ Matter for Lambda Boötis Stars?”; chaired the meeting of the Working Group on Standard Stars; attended meetings as the National Representative for Vatican City State; and worked as a member of the Resolutions Committee. · Led a workshop at the IRAS Annual Conference on Star Island, NH, in July on “When Astronomers and Environmentalists Clash Over a Sky Island.” · In late October presented an invited paper at the International Forum on Science, Religion, and Consciousness, at the University Fernando Pessoa, Porto, Portugal, entitled “Will Organized Religion Survive an Encounter with Extraterrestrials?” · Collaborated with Steward Observatory and MGIO personnel to implement the outdoor lighting code around Mt. Graham, and represented the Vatican Observatory at International Dark-Sky Association “Excellence in Lighting” awards in the Pima County area. · Continued on the Board of the St. Albert the Great Forum at the Catholic Newman Center, University of Arizona. COYNE • In September, gave the Cyril Ponnamperuma Invited Lecture on “An Overview of Cosmic Evolution” at the Trieste Conference on Life in the Universe · Serves on the Advisory Board for the new journal “Omega: Indian Journal of Science and Religion” published in Kerala, India. · Hosted in September the visit to Rome of the planning group of the “Galileo Circle” of the College of Science of the University of Arizona, Tucson. The group was headed by Joaquin Ruiz, Dean of the College. · To the Society for the History of Astronomy of Southern California, spoke in April in Pasadena on “Galileo’s Universe Revisited.” · In the series Fondamenta, Senza Più in Venice, Italy, in October spoke on “Science and Faith: The Limits and the Hopes.” · Served on the organizing committee and delivered a lecture at the seminar on “Emergence in Science, Philosophy and Theology” at La Armonia, Mar del Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. · Spent a week in October as Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington, Seattle. While there, in addition to the John and Jessie Danz Public Lecture, gave the following lectures: “Origins and Creation” to the Astrobiology Seminar; “History and Significance of the Vatican Observatory Summer Schools” to the Astronomy faculty and students; a talk on Galileo to the History of Science class; “The Modern Church and the Perennial Galileo” to the Astronomy Colloquium; a talk on the approach of a scientist today to the science-religion dialogue to the Benefactors Club; “The Roots of an Anti-science Bias in Renaissance Italy” to the Italian Studies Program; “Galileo and Bellarmine: Eyeball to Eyeball” to the joint departments of History, Philosophy, Italian Studies, and Comparative Religion. · While a Visiting Scholar at the University of Washington also spoke about the Church and modern science to the Astrobiology class at Seattle University and gave an evening seminar on the same topic to a group of undergraduate students from Seattle University and the University of Washington. Also gave an Astronomy Colloquium on “The Emergence of Life in the Universe” at the Herzberg Institute for Astrophysics, Victoria, BC, Canada, and conducted a round table discussion on the Galileo affair. Gave a public lecture on the interaction of science and religion at the Centre for Religion in Society, University of Victoria. FUNES • As invited professor, taught a coarse in March on “Extragalactic Astronomy” to graduate students at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras in Tegucigalpa. Also gave a seminar on his extragalactic research and a lecture on “Astronomy and Faith” to the faculty of the graduate study program. HELLER • Participated 2 May in Paris at the panel discussion of “Quantum Physics and Mathematics.” · In August gave a paper on “Are We Special in the Universe?” at the Castel Gandolfo Papal Seminar: Science-Religion-History, and another on “Ultimate Explanation in Cosmology” at the International Wittgenstein Symposium in Austria. MAFFEO • At the meeting of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Italian National Academy of Sciences) on 27 January to celebrate “One Hundred Years of Astronomy in Italy” presented a paper on the “Carte du Ciel Program and the Founding of the Specola Vaticana.” · Gave lectures to the Master’s Program at the Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum on the relationship of science and faith. STOEGER • Helped prepare the academic program for the Vatican Observatory-Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS) Capstone Conference on Scientific Perspective on Divine Action held in Castel Gandolfo, 7-13 September, and for the University of San Francisco-CTNS-Vatican Observatory conference on Reductionism and Emergence at USF, 7-12 October. · Gave a Templeton Foundation Lecture on “Cosmology and a Theology of Creation”at Emmanuel College, Victoria University, Ontario, Canada, on 21 January, and on 23 January gave another Templeton Lecture on “Cosmology, the Laws of Nature, and Divine Action” at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. · On 22 March gave an invited response to Paul Davies' CTNS Forum Lecture, “Multiverse or Design? Reflections on a Third Way,” at the Graduate Theological Union Library in Berkeley, California, and participated in the ensuing day-long discussion. · From 6 April to 6 May was at the Department of Mathematics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, working with George Ellis and his colleagues on various theoretical cosmology projects. Gave a seminar there 29 April on “The Relativistic Mass-Energy Density, Number Counts and the Luminosity Function” to the Theoretical Cosmology Group. · Attended the Catholic Theological Society of America Annual Convention at the Westin Hotel in Cincinnati 5-8 June, and both convened and chaired the Theology and the Natural Sciences Program Group Sessions. · Lectured on “The Mass-Energy Density, Number Counts and Luminosity Functions” at the Vatican Observatory Summer School on Galaxy Evolution. · Was an invited participant in October at the conference “The Past and Future of the Science-Religion Dialogue: Celebrating the Work of Ian G. Barbour,” and also contributed an article to the Barbour Festschrift. · Continues to team with Professor Tom Lindell (Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona) in teaching the upper-division undergraduate departmental elective course “Science and Theology.” · Continues as managing editor of the journal Philosophy in Science (Pachart Publishing House, Tucson, Arizona) and as chairperson of the St. Albert the Great Forum Board at the Catholic Newman Center, University of Arizona. · Gave a Forum presentation on “Myth, the Creation Literature of the Old Testament, and Science” on 19 November. Public and Educational Outreach CONSOLMAGNO • Discussed the history of the Vatican Observatory in a talk “Why Does the Pope Have an Astronomer?” on 24 January at the Southwest Research Institute of Boulder, Colorado; on 10 May at the Custer Observatory (Long Island) Family Astronomy Day; and on 24 September at the University of Dallas, Rome campus. · Spoke of the adventures of a Brother Astronomer on 14 May at the Discovery Circle Dinner of the H. R. MacMillan Space Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada, and on 15 May presented there the annual Michael Ovendon Memorial Lecture, “Astronomy, God, and the Search for Elegance.” · Also spoke on that topic 11 April at the Agnes Scott College Planetarium, Decatur, Georgia; on 23 August at the Midland Center for the Arts, Midland, Michigan; and on 6 December at Ampleforth College, England. · 23 March presented a talk “Can Science and Religion be Reconciled?” at the Webster Presbyterian Church, Webster, Texas · 24 October at Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan, presented “Reflections on Free Will and the Anthropic Principle.” · Gave a class 19 February at the Adler Planetarium, Chicago, on “Confronting the End of Everything.” · Was featured in a planetarium program in March at Burke Baker Planetarium, Houston, on “Galileo’s Legacy.” · Spoke of “God Under the Dome” to the Great Lakes Planetarium Association’s annual meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, on 22 October. · Spoke on 7 February at Stonyhurst College, England, on “When the Sky Falls to Earth” and on 27 February on “Research in Planetology with the VATT” to the Vatican Observatory Foundation seminar in Tucson. · On 5 April spoke to the Merton Center, affiliated with Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, on the topic “Heaven or Heat Death?” · Spoke to classroom groups on 24 March at Strake Jesuit High School, Houston; on 4 April at the St. Elizabeth Seton Grade School, Palo Alto; on 14 May at Notre Dame High School, Vancouver, BC, Canada; on 15 May at Vancouver College High School, Vancouver, BC, Canada; on 11 April at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia; on 20 May at Drexel University; and on 24 October at Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan. · Was a featured speaker and panelist at science fiction conventions in Boston and Chicago and at the World Science Fiction Convention in Toronto, Canada. CORBALLY • On 30 January gave a public lecture sponsored by the Newman Society at St. Mary's University, Halifax, Canada, on “Encountering ET, Encountering a New God?” · Gave a talk on “Building the First ‘LBT’” at a seminar 27 February for friends and benefactors of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. · Was the speaker on 20 May for the Rotary Club, Marana, Arizona, with the topic “The Pope Scope in Arizona.” · On 9 July gave the 2003 Annual Rochester Lecture, sponsored by the Diocese of Christchurch, at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, with the title “From a Calendar to the Cosmos.” · Lectured on the same topic at the Eastern Arizona College, Thatcher, on 4 November. · On 6 November spoke to the Marian Club, St. Thomas the Apostle, Tucson, on “Enhancing Faith through an Astronomer’s Filter.” · Continued as an advisor to the Earth & Sky radio series. · Was interviewed for astronomy projects by students at the University of Arizona and answered enquiries by e-mail and phone from the general public. · Prepared for the first live video link with St. Agatha Church, Portland, under its “Evangelization through Visual Astronomy” program. · Hosted visits to the VATT on Mt. Graham, including one for the Bishop of Tucson, Gerald F. Kicanas. COYNE • In February presented a talk at the St. Albert the Great Forum at the Catholic Newman Center, University of Arizona, on “The Myth of Galileo” and at the University Presbyterian Church in Tempe, Arizona, on “Origins and Creation.” On the latter occasion also preached on the theme of creation at the Sunday liturgy. · 20 February at John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio, lectured on “Seeing is Believing: A Priest Looks at the Cosmos” to the Tuohy Program on Science and Religion. On that occasion, celebrated along with family members the 100th birthday of George Goudreau, Sr., a generous benefactor of the Vatican Observatory Foundation. · In March in Padua, Italy, spoke to the local Rotary Club on “Light: Physical Reality and Religious Symbol.” At the Department of Astronomy of the University of Padua lectured on the origins of life in the universe. Also spoke at the University College of the Abruzzi in L’Aquila, Italy, on cosmological themes in the science-religion dialogue. · Spoke at the Steward Observatory Public Evening in March on “Galileo Still Haunts the Church.” · At the Fels Planetarium of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, on the occasion in April of a gathering of friends of the Vatican Observatory Foundation organized by Paul and Barbara Henkels, spoke on the history of the Vatican Observatory and its place today in research in astrophysics. · At the Houston Museum of Natural Science in April participated in a public dialogue with Steven Weinberg (University of Texas at Austin) on “The Universe and the Presence of God.” · Gave a lecture on “A Brief History of the Vatican Observatory Summer Schools (VOSS)” to the VOSS 2003. · To the Jesuit Partnership Council of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, spoke in October on “When the Sacred Cows of Religion and Science Meet.” · Lectured in October to the class of Marilyn Halonen, Professor of Pharmacology, University of Arizona, on the origins and the meaning of life. · Also lectured in October at the H.R. McMillan Space Science Centre in Vancouver, BC, Canada, on “When the Sacred Cows of Religion and Science Meet,” and at a two-day seminar at the Christ the King Benedictine Abbey, Mission, BC, Canada, on the “Universe of Scientists, The World of Humans.” · In November at Cento, Italy, gave a talk to the Gruppo Scientifico Centese on “Cosmology and the Origin of Life,” and participated in a debate on the same theme at the Turin Polytechnic at Mondovì, Italy, together with Giorgio Palumbo, University of Turin, and Piero Bianucci of the La Stampa newspaper. · On 19 December presented a seminar at the Albanian Academy of Sciences in Tirana on the emergence of life in the universe. · Continues to serve on the Council of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. FUNES • Gave a lecture to the general public at the Sun City Astronomy Club, Tucson. MAFFEO • Gave talks on the role of the Vatican Observatory in the science-faith dialogue to amateur astronomy groups in Montelupo Fiorentino, Salerno, and Vallinfreda (Italy), as well as to a Rotary Club of Rome. STOEGER • Lectured on “Cosmology: The History and Evolution of the Universe” to the Sun City Astronomy Club, Arizona, on 16 January. · Gave a popular talk and led a discussion on “Evolution and Creation” at Kolbe House (the Catholic Chaplaincy at University of Cape Town) on 28 April. · Participated in the conference “Theology and Science in the African Context” held 16 April at the Breakwater Hotel, Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa. · Gave a talk on “The Wonders and Mysteries of the Universe” to the Science Club at Point Fermin Elementary School, San Pedro, California, in late May. · On 9 August gave a lecture, “Cosmology, the Cosmic Background Radiation and the History of the Universe,” to the Mesa Astronomical Society, Arizona. · Participated in a retreat/workshop on science, ecology, and the theology of religious vows at Linwood Retreat Center, Rhinebeck, NY, and gave a presentation on “Cosmology: The History and Structure of the Universe.” TERES • Gave a series of four lectures to students and professors of the Theological Academy, Szeged, Hungary, on the “Biblical Account of Creation and Modern Cosmology” and on the “History of the Vatican Observatory.” News Media Contacts Galileo’s Sons, a documentary on the life of Vatican Observatory astronomers by Alison Rose of Inigo Films, Toronto, Canada, premiered 17 November on Canadian National Television. In production for the past several years, this film required the collaboration of many staff members and of students at the Vatican Observatory Summer Schools. CASANOVAS • Hosted a visit to the Observatory at Castel Gandolfo of Richard Cohen, journalist (Commonweal and The Tablet) and author, who is researching the scientific and cultural history of the sun. · Was interviewed by Catalan Television for a story about the Observatory. CONSOLMAGNO • Was the featured presenter of a five-part radio program, A Brief History of the End of Everything, which ran the week of 17 January-1 February on BBC Radio 4. · Was interviewed on the national CBC (Canadian) radio program Richardson’s Roundup on 15 May. · Was featured in a multi-page spread of The Vancouver Sun on 10 May. · Was also interviewed for NOW Television (British Columbia) on 16 May. · The Midland Daily News (Michigan) carried an interview (17 August) and summary (25 August) of talk on “Astronomy, God, and the Search for Elegance” presented two days earlier at the Midland Center for the Arts. · Assisted the Rome office of the Associated Press to distribute a feature about observing Mars from the Vatican telescopes in Castel Gandolfo that ran in more than a hundred American newspapers on 24 August. CONSOLMAGNO and CORBALLY were featured on an installment of the national CBS radio program The Osgood File on 4 July. CORBALLY • Was featured in a story on the Mt. Graham International Observatory in the Tucson Weekly, 5-11 December 2002. · Provided interviews to the following media and journalists: Mark Weismuller, Florida Catholic, on the Star of Bethlehem; Olivier Dessibourg of Fribourg, Switzerland, for La Liberté, on the Star of Bethlehem and the Vatican Observatory; Dermot Purgavie, for the Sunday Magazine of the Sydney Telegraph & Herald; Paula Gagnon, Halifax Seaside-FM Radio; David Portree, Earth & Sky, on the cosmic death of stars; Barbara TeMiha, Plains Radio, Christchurch, New Zealand; Kathleen Casey, New Zealand Catholic; Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Services, on Mars viewing at Castel Gandolfo; Julieta Gonzalez, University of Arizona News Services, on the 10th anniversary of VATT; Suzanne Branco, Expresso magazine, Portugal; Elizabeth Kelly for an article, “When Science is God’s Work,” which appeared in the December issue of Your Magazine. · Answered questions from Jeff Israely, Time Europe, Rome office, and from Victoria Dorage, Huntington, New York, on Rome tours. COYNE • Appeared on the talk show of Steven Scher, KUOW, in Seattle. · Was interviewed on the program, EXPLORA Primo Piano, of RAI TV (Italian National Television). · Hosted at Castel Gandolfo the crew of La 7 TV for a documentary on the Observatory in the Italian series, Stargate, Linea di Confine. · Was featured in articles in WIRED Magazine in December 2002; in the Phoenix Tribune on 15 February; in Polityka, Warsaw, Poland, on 22 February; in Il Piccolo of Trieste, Italy, on 16 September; in Avvenire in September; and in the British Columbia Catholic on 20 October. · Gave an interview to Jeff Israely, Rome correspondent for Time Europe, for a report on the Galileo Commission that appeared in the 8 September issue. · Assisted the crew of Le Figaro for a series of films on the Observatory. · Was interviewed by Radio 101 of Croatia (Zagreb) for a report on the Observatory as part of the series Back to Europe. · Was interviewed for the program Leonardo on RAI Torino (Italian National Television, Turin) on 21 November. · In collaboration with Annual Report editor Elizabeth Maggio, wrote an essay, “Science and Religion: Can We Talk?,” for the December 2003 issue of Sky & Telescope. FUNES • Wrote a column for the weekly news magazine Noticias (Argentina). KOCH and CONSOLMAGNO · Hosted a film crew from the Houston Museum of Natural Science in preparation for two shows organized at the Museum: “Saint Peter and the Vatican, Legacy of the Popes” and “Galileo’s Legacy.” MAFFEO • Received for interviews at Castel Gandolfo journalists from Famiglia Cristiana and from Le Figaro. · On the occasion of the close approach of Mars, arranged staff interviews with Cindy Wooden of the Catholic News Service, Rome office, and with the Associated Press Television News. International Meetings New membership: The Observatory has become a member of the International Network of Centres for Relativistic Astrophysics (ICRANET) with headquarters at Pescara, Italy. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Secretary of State of the Holy See, designated George V. Coyne, S.J. as signatory to the agreement and as representative of the Holy See on the Steering Committee of the ICRANET. This new entity is an extension of the International Centre for Relativistic Astrophysics, of which the Observatory is already a part. 5-9 January: Seattle, Washington. 201st Meeting of the American Astronomical Society. RICHARD BOYLE, S.J., CHRISTOPHER CORBALLY, S.J., and JOSÉ FUNES, S.J., gave papers. 17-21 March: Houston, Texas. 34th Annual Lunar and Planetary Sciences Meeting. GUY J. CONSOLMAGNO, S.J., and JEAN-BAPTISTE KIKWAYA, S.J., each presented papers. 21-23 March: Tucson, Arizona. Annual General Meeting of the International Dark-Sky Association. CHRISTOPHER CORBALLY, S.J., chaired a session. 2 May: Paris, France. Quantum Physics and Mathematics. MICHAEL HELLER participated. 26-30 May: La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain. Satellites and Tidal Streams. JOSÉ FUNES, S.J., gave a poster paper. 8-11 June: Cannes, France. Sixth Workshop on Catastrophic Disruptions. GUY J. CONSOLMAGNO, S.J., presented an invited review. 14-25 July: Sydney, Australia. XXV General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union. RICHARD BOYLE, S.J., GUY J. CONSOLMAGNO, S.J., CHRISTOPHER CORBALLY, S.J., JOSÉ FUNES, S.J., and ALESSANDRO OMIZZOLO gave papers. 21-25 July: Sydney, Australia. IAU Symposia 220 on Dark Matter and 221 on Star Formation at High Angular Resolution. JOSÉ FUNES, S.J., gave poster papers. 26 July-2 August: Star Island, New Hampshire. Annual Conference of the Institute on Religion in an Age of Science. CHRISTOPHER CORBALLY, S.J., led a workshop. 27 July-1 August: Münster, Germany. Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society. GUY J. CONSOLMAGNO, S.J., presented two papers. 5-6 August: Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Seminar with the Holy Father: Science-Religion-History. MICHAEL HELLER gave a paper. 7-9 August: Kirchberg am Wechsel, Austria. International Wittgenstein Symposium. MICHAEL HELLER gave a paper. 1-5 September: Monterey, California. Annual Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Division for Planetary Sciences. GUY J. CONSOLMAGNO, S.J., and JEAN-BAPTISTE KIKWAYA, S.J., each presented papers. 10-14 September: Rome, Italy. European Jesuits in Science. GIUSEPPE KOCH, S.J., hosted this meeting; GUY J. CONSOLMAGNO, S.J., presented a paper; GEORGE V. COYNE, S.J., and JUAN CASANOVAS, S.J., participated. 15-19 September: Trieste, Italy. Seventh Conference on Chemical Evolution and the Origin of Life. GEORGE V. COYNE, S.J., served on the Advisory Committee and presented an invited paper. 17-20 September: Vilnius, Lithuania. Stellar Photometry: Past, Present and Future, an international meeting dedicated to the 250th anniversary of the Astronomical Observatory of Vilnius University. RICHARD P. BOYLE, S.J., gave a paper and was co-author on five others. 6-7 October: Tucson, Arizona. Steward Observatory Internal Symposium. CHRISTOPHER CORBALLY, S.J., and JOSÉ FUNES, S.J., participated. 23-25 October: Porto, Portugal. International Forum: Science, Religion and Consciousness. CHRISTOPHER CORBALLY, S.J., gave an invited paper. 2-6 November: Seattle, Washington. Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America. GUY J. CONSOLMAGNO, S.J., gave invited and contributed papers. 4 December: London, UK. History of Geology Group of the Geological Society of London Special Meeting: “Fireballs and Stones from the Sky.” GUY J. CONSOLMAGNO, S.J., gave an invited paper. 8-12 December: Cozumel, Mexico. Multiwavelength AGN Surveys: Guillermo Haro Astrophysics Conference. ALESSANDRO OMIZZOLO gave a paper |
