Positively Topeka Dot Com

View the night sky at Crane Observatory open houses.  The observatory is in Stoffer Science Hall on the Washburn University campus.  Open houses are free and open to the public.  

In this uncertain economy, families and businesses are making changes, and the library is no exception. The Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 5pm Thursday, August 13 in Marvin Auditorium 101C, but will recess its regular meeting for the public hearing on the 2010 budget, which begins at 5:30 pm.

Happy Bod Day! Washburn University will celebrate Ichabod Washburn’s 211th birthday at 2:11p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 12, main level lobby, Memorial Union, Washburn University. This event is open to the public.

Brian Thomas, assistant professor, physics and astronomy, has received $446,000 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, through the Astrobiology:  Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology Program, for the project “Astrophysical Ionizing Photon Events and Primary Productivity of Earth's Oceans.” Funds will be used to study and substantially improve predictions of the impact of a wide range of astrophysical ionizing photon sources on primary producers in Earth's oceans. This project will be for three years and includes the University of Kansas and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center as collaborators.