<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">***Eclipse 2024 Event***</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FREE Public Lecture, October 13, 2023 ~ 7:00-8:00pm | Hudson Hall 106 </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">FREE Partial Eclipse, October 14, 2023 ~ 12:00-3:00pm | Hawkins Pond </span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial"><b style="font-weight:normal" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-51fc44dd-7fff-99f0-1e3a-a02226e85087"><br><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:300px;height:351px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/LJnonZzyI9Fj1aGLS8BgbUZWdMEWN9tUZnUouD9pICrbmdUME1_7sN1i-TFzxTwHHd5uMMfIwtWdZ9rprC-RTNqpeRulyfsj_rMia1kV9SDfAz4ldr9jPiu3aXQQO63oo3h7p9UWki_OdHm3-2T_5OM" width="300" height="351" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"></span></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 18pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">One of the most enthusiastic and famous amateur astronomers of our time. Although he has never taken a class in astronomy, he has written over three dozen books, has written for three astronomy magazines and has appeared on television programs featured on the Discovery and Science channels. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 18pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Among David’s accomplishments are 23 comet discoveries, the most famous being Shoemaker-Levy 9 that collided with Jupiter in 1994, a few hundred shared asteroid discoveries, an Emmy for the documentary Three Minutes to Impact, five honorary doctorates in science (one from SUNY Plattsburgh in 2005) and a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2010) which combines astronomy and English Literature. David continues to hunt for comets and asteroids and lectures worldwide.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 18pt"><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/plattslife/eclipse-2024/index.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Learn More about the Eclipse 2024 Events Here</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:18pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Contact Dr. Genie Babb, Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences, at </span><a href="mailto:gbabb001@plattsburgh.edu" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">gbabb001@plattsburgh.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,33,36);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for more info</span></p><p style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(0,0,0);m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