Colloquium - Kevin Cooke’s “An Astrophysicist’s Path in Washington, D.C.”

Event details Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026 Time: 12:45 PM Location: Bryant Space Science Center Room 217 Type: Career / Professional Tags: Seminar About this event Speaker: Kevin Cooke, APLU Title: An Astrophysicist's Path in Washington, D.C. Abstract: The performance of research by astronomers and other scholars around the nation is supported by a mix of federal funding and a vast web of interactions between professional organizations, institutional associations, federal agencies, and policymakers across both Congress and the Executive Branch. This talk will provide an introduction and summary of key processes that create the research ecosystem in which we all work, such as federal appropriations for research and how the research community provides feedback for good science policy. 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM 217 Bryant Space Science Center Official event details: https://calendar.ufl.edu/clas_astronomy/event/57121-colloquium-kevin-cookes-an-astrophysicists-path-in-was