When: Mondays, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Where: Disque Hall, Rm 808

• Disque 808 is on the 8th floor of Disque Hall.
• Penn Talks: DRL Astro Room is found on the 4th floor of David Rittenhouse Laboratory, on 33rd and Walnut. (DRL A2 is also in David Rittenhouse Laboratory, on 33rd and Walnut, but on the first floor)
• See the web pages of Drexel and Penn for maps and how to get to the campus etc.

• There will be one talk per session, each aimed to last 30 minutes, followed by 10-15 min discussion within the audience and question-answer sessions with the speaker.
• Presentations should be prepared as powerpoint slides (PDF / openoffice documents are OK too).
  • Make sure you have a consistent color scheme.
  • The slides should be easily readable without eye strain.
  • Limit number of slides to 25 or less.
  • Present graphs, images, and few key equations.
  • No long tables and equations should be included.
  • Typeset the equations properly with math editor or make a document with latex and convert it to images, which you can then import.
  • Avoid unnecessary animations and transitions.
  • Check that your presentation displays properly if you are going to use someone else's laptop to present it, or if you are switching between different presentation programs.
  • Show the presentation to Rajesh and/or your faculty advisor atleast 3-4 days before the talk, so they can suggest improvements.
• Reference papers will be announced a week before the talk, please make the effort to read it in advance so that we can all actively participate in the discussion that follow.
• Obvious places to look for potential papers are:
  Astrophysics Data Service: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abstract_service.html
  Astro-ph: http://xxx.lanl.gov/archive/astro-ph
  Also refer to specialized Astronomy textbooks if needed.
• Senior graduate students engaged in research should think about presenting results from their work.