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A Celebration of Gravitational Waves
Honoring the University of Maryland Pioneers and the
Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
4:30 – 7:30 p.m.
University of Maryland
Stamp Student Union
Please join us for a reception beginning at 4:30 p.m. followed by a
panel discussion from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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Distinguished Panelists:
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Kip Thorne
LIGO Co-founder
Caltech
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Rainer Weiss LIGO Co-founder
MIT
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Charles Misner
Gravitation Theory Group University of Maryland
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Peter Shawhan LIGO Principal Investigator University of Maryland
Moderator:
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S. James Gates Jr. Theoretical Physicist University of Maryland
Learn more about the University of Maryland's role in
the detection of gravitational waves:
"Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years After Einstein’s Prediction"
"Gravitational Waves Detected from Second Pair of Colliding Black Holes"
![Link to the University of Maryland web site.](http://life.umd.edu/communications/cmns/images/UM_primary.png)
Kip Thorne photo by Keenan Pepper
and Charles W. Misner photo by Puzhok, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rainer Weiss photo courtesty of MIT. Sylvester James Gates Jr. photo by John T. Consoli.
Peter Shawhan photo courtesy of Peter Shawhan. Gravitational waves illustration courtesy of NASA.
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