Cara Battersby (University of Connecticut) The Milky Way Laboratory STScI John Bahcall Auditorium

David Nidever (Montana State University) "The Prevalence and Origin of the Alpha-Bimodality in the Local Group"

Yaswant Devarakonda (AAS) Astronomy Advocacy: Guiding the Future of the Field

Erik Tollerud (STScI) "Dwarf Galaxies, Near-Field Cosmology, and Software: It's All Connected"

Roberto Maiolino (Cambridge) "The Fascinating Population of Infant Galaxies and Black Holes in the Early Universe Revealed by JWST"

Vivian U (UC Irvine) "New Insights on Multiphase Feedback in Galaxy Mergers"

Jason Glenn (NASA Goddard) "Uncovering the Dust-Obscured Universe with the PRIMA Far-Infrared Probe: Growth of Galaxies, Supermassive Black Holes, and Planets"

Andrew Vanderberg (MIT) "Getting to Know the Neighbors: Detailed Characterization of our Nearest Planetary Systems"

Sarah Loebman (UC Merced) "Simulating Galaxies" STScI John Bahcall Auditorium

Title: The Thirty Meter Telescope and the World of Science

Introductory talks by incoming Space Telescope Science Institute postdoctoral fellows.