Astrophysicist Dr. James Page to Speak at 2024 Slattery Lecture

Stevenson University's Beverly K. Fine School of the Sciences will host its annual Slattery Lecture on Wednesday, October 30 at 4 p.m. in the Rockland Banquet Room.

This year's featured lecture, "Witnessing the Birth of Solar Systems: My Adventures with Space Telescopes," will be presented by Dr. James Page, an astrophysicist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.

Dr. Page works on the James Webb Space Telescope, leading a team supporting operations of the Near InfraRed Spectrograph (NIRSpec), one of the four scientific instruments on the telescope. As an expert in the field of star formation, Dr. Page's work explores the origins of our solar system, and others like it, by studying solar systems currently in the process of being born-also known as protostellar systems.

The event will also recognize Biochemistry major MacKenzie Redding as the 2024 Slattery Scholar.

The Slattery Lecture honors the legacy of Susan Palmer Slattery, Ph.D., former Chair of Stevenson's Mathematics Department, who passed away in 2010. Slattery was a vital force in the University's Fine School of the Sciences and worked tirelessly to engage students and colleagues in the pursuit of science, academic excellence, and collegiality across disciplines.