{"id":2062,"date":"2014-11-25T12:21:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T18:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=2062"},"modified":"2023-02-07T10:03:46","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:03:46","slug":"colloquium-jean-creighton","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/event\/colloquium-jean-creighton\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquium: Jean Creighton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Physics department colloquia are usually on Friday afternoons at 3 pm in Room 135. Coffee and cookies are served at 2:45 pm in the same room. Anyone is welcome.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Adventure in the Stratosphere<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jean Creighton<\/strong>, Director &#8211; UWM Manfred Olson Planetarium<\/p>\n<p>Physics &#8211; Room 135<\/p>\n<p>Recently, NASA selected me to be one of the 24 Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors, aboard the<strong> Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)<\/strong>. We were described as \u201cJunior Varsity\u201d astronauts during our safety training. We met enthusiastic and committed scientists, engineers, and administrators who make ambitious projects such as SOFIA successful.<\/p>\n<p>I am delighted to share with you my experiences of flying at 45,000 feet in a modified 747 equipped with a 100-inch infrared telescope.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2014\/11\/SOFIA_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2064\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2014\/11\/SOFIA_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"SOFIA_1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2014\/11\/SOFIA_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2014\/11\/SOFIA_1.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2014\/11\/SOFIA_2.jpg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-2065\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2014\/11\/SOFIA_2.jpg-300x169.png\" alt=\"SOFIA_2.jpg\" width=\"348\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2014\/11\/SOFIA_2.jpg-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2014\/11\/SOFIA_2.jpg.png 846w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Physics department colloquia are usually on Friday afternoons at 3 pm in Room 135. 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My Adventure in the Stratosphere Jean Creighton, Director &#8211; UWM &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[58],"class_list":["post-2062","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-physics-colloquia","cat_physics-colloquia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Physics &amp; Astronomy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/physics\/event\/colloquium-jean-creighton\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colloquium: Jean Creighton\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Physics department colloquia are usually on Friday afternoons at 3 pm in Room 135. 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