Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Dr. Marcia Bartusiak prfesent “Edwin Hubble Discovers the Modern Universe, 1923-24: A Centennial Celebration” Wednesday, April 23, 5:15 PM, Burt Kahn Court in the Quinnipiac University Recreation and Wellness Center

 Quinnipiac Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society

Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer


Dr. Marcia Bartusiak, Professor of the Practice, Emeritus

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Edwin Hubble Discovers the Modern Universe,   1923-24: A Centennial Celebration

Wednesday, April 23, 5:15 PM, Burt Kahn Court in the Quinnipiac University Recreation and Wellness Center

Combining her undergraduate training in journalism with a master’s degree in physics, Marcia Bartusiak has been covering the fields of astronomy and physics for four decades. A Professor of the Practice Emeritus in the Graduate Program in Science Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she has written for a variety of publications--including Science, Smithsonian, Discover, National Geographic, Technology Review, and Astronomy--and reviews science books for both The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. She is also the author of seven books, including "Einstein's Unfinished Symphony," her award-winning history of gravitational-wave astronomy, "Black Hole," and "The Day We Found the Universe" on the birth of modern cosmology, which won the Davis Prize of the History of Science Society.

In 1982, she was the first woman to win the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award and five years later was a finalist in NASA‘s Journalist-in-Space competition. She has also received the AIP Gemant Award, the Klumpke-Roberts Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and in 2008 was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, cited for “exceptionally clear communication of the rich history, the intricate nature, and the modern practice of astronomy to the public at large.” 

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