Join a once-in-a-lifetime experience as several University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point faculty members, students and alumni talk about their research during the Great American Eclipse last summer.
"Darkness at Noon" will be presented during the 14th annual University Evening Wednesday, Nov. 1. It will be from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Alumni Room of the Dreyfus University Center. The community is invited to the annual University Evening to learn more about the creativity and scholarship of distinguished UW-Stevens Point faculty.
Free and open to the public, the talk will be led by the eight members of a research team that traveled to Wyoming and Nebraska to study the effects of the total solar eclipse Aug. 21. The team will discuss several experiments, weather changes, wildlife activity, graze zone observations, photographing the solar eclipse and more.
This year's presenters include Professor Neil Heywood, geography; Senior Lecturer Art Stevenson, physics and astronomy; Natural History Museum Director Ray Reser, Lecturer and Senior Adviser Pat Zellmer, biology; students Jesse Jahn, education, and Alyssa Likeness, physics; and alumni Liza Wernicke and John White.
"Those who shared the experience will never forget it," said Stevenson. While students were excited to see the totality, they gained valuable field experience and produced spectacular results, he said. They look forward to sharing their findings with the community.
"Perhaps the greatest thrill was sharing the experience with students, alumni and employees from across eight disciplines as well as cooperating with multiple professional agencies," Heywood said. His group in Nebraska also helped inspire a Girl Scout troop on site about the value of field sciences, he said.
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