SpaceFest 2025

Description:

Welcome to SpaceFest 2025, our celebration of Professor Hume Feldman’s and Tom Cravens' successful careers here at KU Physics & Astronomy. With both retiring at the end of this semester, past and presents students, colleagues, and family are invited to join us here at KU in Malott Hall 2048 on Friday, May 9th from 1-3pm to help celebrate. The annual department banquet will take place that same evening.

Email Prof. Ian Crossfield (ianc@ku.edu) with questions or to RSVP. 

Program:

Confirmed Attendees:

Tom Cravens
Hume Feldman
Stephen Ledvina (PhD '01)
C. Jay Lindgren (BS '89, PhD '95)
Yuyu Wang (MS '15, PhD '20)
Hadi Madanian (PhD '17)
Rachel Cionitti (BS '23)
Dan Gallton (MS '99, PhD '19)
Jackson Sabol (BS '21)
Tony Renzaglia (PhD '24)
Matt Richard (MS '09, PhD '13)
Jerry Manweiler (BS '85, MS '87, PhD '98)
J. Hunter Waite (University of Alabama) + Sharon Waite
Shotaro Sakai (KU postdoc, '14-16)
Ali Rahmati (PhD '16)
Nesar Ramachandra (PhD '19)
Stephen Houston (PhD `19)
Daniel Nunes (BS '97)
Mike Hudson (Prof., U. Waterloo)
Oliver Hamil (KU postdoc)
Allison Kirkpatrick (KU Professor)
Ian Crossfield (KU Professor)
Barbara Anthony-Twarog (KU Professor)
Bruce Twarog (KU Professor)
Arash Mafi (KU CLAS Dean) 
Jennifer Roberts (KU Senior Vice Provost)
Hannah Britton (KU Professor)
Mikhail Medvedev (KU Professor)
Jennifer Delgado (KU Professor)
Greg Rudnick (KU Professor)
Alice Bean (KU Professor)
KC Kong (KU Professor)
Maria Brunetti (KU Professor)
Elliot Reynolds (KU Professor)
Michael Murray (KU Professor)
Kayla Wegley
Kristin Rennells
Alan Feltz
Rebecca Dirks
Matt Cravens
Pere DeRoy