It features a presentation from an astronomer that is outstanding in their field and able to communicate the excitement of science to a lay audience. He served as the Director of the Institute from 1993-98. Past Sturm Lecture speakers. This exciting program matches professional, student, and amateur astronomers with school teachers to bring astronomy into the classroom like never before. The Spring 2001 colloquium schedule is now available.
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StarConn is a meeting of amateur astronomers held each year at Wesleyan University with lots of exhibitors and guest speakers. He died in 1993 and a sum of several thousand dollars has been raised to honor his memory. Originally, a sundial was planned, but it has now been decided that a very fitting use of these funds would be to refurbish the 20-inch Clark refractor so that it can once again be used by some highly qualified amateur astronomers for their own work.