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Feb 9, 2011 - "Intelligent life in the Universe" - Dr. David Helfand, President of Quest University (Squamish), Professor of Astronomy at Columbia University Some notes taken by the Acting Secretary during the presentation:
David J. Helfand is chair of the Department of Astronomy Columbia University as well as the co-director of the Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory. He has also served as part of the university's Physics Department. His stated research interests include radio surveys, the origin and evolution of neutron stars and supernova remnants, and active galactic nuclei. Recently, Helfand has been instrumental in the creation of general education classes oriented around the sciences, developing a course, Frontiers of Science, that has subsequently become part of the Core Curriculum Columbia College, the university's undergraduate liberal arts and sciences division. Dr. Helfand joined Quest University in Squamish, British Columbia, as a Visiting Tutor in 2007 and now serves as Quest's President. Helfand holds a B.A. from Amherst College and a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A 34 minute video of a similar presentation given by Dr. Helfand at Columbia University in 2006:
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