{"id":952466,"date":"2026-10-30T23:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952466\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T23:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T23:42:10","slug":"harvard-astrophysicist-to-visit-suny-niagara-for-community-astronomy-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/952466\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard astrophysicist to visit SUNY Niagara for community astronomy event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SUNY-Niagara-Allyson-Bieryla.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[articleimage]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SUNY-Niagara-Allyson-Bieryla.jpg\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto;\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Dr. Allyson Bieryla (Image courtesy of SUNY Niagara)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Allyson Bieryla (Image courtesy of SUNY Niagara)<\/p>\n<p>Fri, Oct 30th 2026 05:20 pm<\/p>\n<p>SUNY Niagara press release<\/p>\n<p>SUNY Niagara will host Harvard University-based astrophysicist Dr. Allyson Bieryla for a day of astronomy activities Nov. 5 at the college\u2019s Sanborn campus. This event will give students, educators and community members an opportunity to learn about current astronomy research and explore topics such as solar observation to exoplanet discovery.<\/p>\n<p>All programming will be free and open to the public. Bieryla\u2019s visit is a collaboration between the college and the Buffalo Astronomical Association, and it is sponsored by the American Astronomical Society\u2019s Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectures Program.<\/p>\n<p>Bieryla comes from the Center for Astrophysics, which is a collaboration between the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Harvard College Observatory. Her research focuses on exoplanets discovered through NASA\u2019s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission. She also leads the LightSound Project, which develops technology designed to make solar eclipses and astronomy more accessible to blind and low-vision individuals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am thrilled for this event. The opportunity to collaborate with Dr. Bieryla will be a priceless experience,\u201d said Daniel Manzella, president of the SUNY Niagara Science Club. \u201cStudents will have the chance to use solar telescopes to safely view the sun, ask questions, see real-time data, and make connections with local and outside organizations. I believe we will both educate and inspire others for the future of science and space observation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The day\u2019s activities will begin with a high school astronomy outreach program from 9:30-11:30 a.m. This session will feature solar observing, telescope demonstrations, sunspot observations, eclipse activities, exoplanet demonstrations and spectroscopy experiments, and a live telescope viewing of the sun.<\/p>\n<p>An astronomy and professional development session will follow from 12:20-1:10 p.m. The presentation is open to high school teachers, STEM students, faculty, staff and all who are interested in astronomy education and careers. Shows at the SUNY Niagara planetarium are planned throughout the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>From 5:30-7:30 p.m., Bieryla will meet with students, families and community members to discuss astronomy, research opportunities and educational pathways. Weather-permitting, remote telescope and night-sky observing activities may also be offered later in the evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dr. Allyson Bieryla (Image courtesy of SUNY Niagara) Fri, Oct 30th 2026 05:20 pm SUNY Niagara press release&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":952467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[49,48,66],"class_list":["post-952466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}