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AoT: Vermont Launch Event!
The first event of Astronomy on Tap: Vermont!
Speaker Dr. James Cooney’s talk is titled “How old is the universe (and how do we know)?” Dr. James Cooney is an astrophysicist and faculty member at UVM who studies cosmology and the large-scale structure of the universe. He is a decorated instructor and co-host of the fun astronomy podcast Walkabout the Galaxy.
Speaker Kendall Sippy’s talk is titled “Could growing supermassive black holes make galaxies uninhabitable?” Kendall Sippy (they/them) is a post-baccalaureate researcher at Middlebury College, originally from the greater Boston area. They graduated with a bachelor’s in physics and astronomy in 2024 and are going on to begin their astronomy PhD this coming fall. They are currently studying X-ray radiation from neutron stars, but have also previously researched active black holes and exoplanet habitability.
