DC Alumni Reception

Aloha to our alumni in the DC area! You’re invited to a special pau hana at the Cosmos Club in Dupont Circle with UHM Provost, Michael Bruno. We’ll be talking story, sharing pūpū and drinks, and catching a very special presentation with UHM Physics & Astronomy faculty member, Dr. Veronica Bindi!

DC ALUMNI RECEPTION

Tuesday, September 24, 2019
6 – 8:30 p.m.
Cosmos Club
2121 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20008
$40 per person

The reception will begin at 6:00pm in the Powell Room and will include heavy pūpū and a beer & wine bar.

RSVP by September 17

Comos Club Dress Code: Gentlemen are expected to wear jackets, dress slacks, a collared long-sleeved shirt (tucked-in) or turtleneck at all times. Ties are not required. Ladies are expected to dress in an equivalent fashion, which means dresses, suits, skirts or dress slacks with jackets or tops of equivalent formality.

Metro Directions: The Cosmos Club is just a few short blocks from Metro. Take the Red Line to Dupont Circle and exit the station on Q Street. Walk one-and-a-half blocks west to 2121 Massachusetts Avenue. Parking will not be available at the Club.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION INFORMATION

The Key to Future Human Explorations to the Moon and Mars, Dr. Veronica Bindi

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) detector operating since 2011 on board of the International Space Station, is providing invaluable data to NASA for future human explorations to the Moon and Mars. The next steps of human exploration and how AMS is helping in this regard will be presented.

Dr. Bindi is Associate Professor at the Physics Department of the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dr. Bindi's fields of interest are the study of Dark Matter, Cosmic Rays, Space weather and Space Radiation. Dr. Bindi has been part of the team at CERN in Switzerland that led to the construction of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) detector operating since 2011 on board of the International Space Station. She and her team are analyzing the data measured by AMS to solve the major challenge for human exploration to the Moon and to Mars. Bindi is dedicated to increase the diversity in STEM fields and facilitate the participation of underrepresented groups. In 2013, she was featured Women Inspiring Europe by the European Institute for Gender Equality’s. Currently she is working at NASA HQ in the Science Mission Directorate for a temporary assignment, but next year she will be back at University of Hawaii.

About the Cosmos Club

The Cosmos Club, founded in 1878, is a private social club for men and women distinguished in science, literature and the arts, a learned profession or public service. Members come from virtually every profession that has anything to do with scholarship, creative genius or intellectual distinction. READ MORE ABOUT THE CLUB.

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