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The 捆绑SM社区 Department of Physics presents the 2013/2014 Anna I. McPherson Public Lecture. 聽This year, the lecture will be given by Prof. Andrea Ghez, from the University of California, Los Angeles. 聽The lecture is entitled "The Monster at the Heart of the Milky Way" (summary聽). The lecture will be followed by night sky observations (weather permitting) organized by聽. The lecture is intended for a聽general audience, and it is聽free of charge. No reservation is necessary. The event will be held in the Leacock Auditorium (room 132) in the Stephen Leacock Building at 6pm.

Andrea M. Ghez, a professor of Physics & Astronomy who holds the Lauren聽B.聽Leichtman & Arthur聽E.聽Levine chair in Astrophysics, is one of the world's leading experts in observational astrophysics and heads UCLA's Galactic Center Group. She earned her B.S in Physics from MIT in 1987, and her PhD from Caltech in 1992 and has been on the faculty at UCLA since 1994. Best known for her ground-breaking work on the center of our Galaxy, which has led to the best evidence to date for the existence of supermassive black holes, she has received numerous honors and awards including the in Astronomy (she is the first woman to receive a Crafoord prize in any field), a Fellowship, election to the , the聽, and the . Her work can be found in many public outlets including , NOVA's , '蝉听Swallowed by a Black Hole, and . For more information see聽 and .