I survived my incredibly long day at Simon Fraser University, and had a lot of super interesting conversations (molecular motors whaaaattt?!) Also SFU is a wildly weird and beautiful campus
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Their astronomy outreach program is AMAZING (despite only having 1 astro prof). Paid staff run a modern telescope with perfect equipment, people use a virtual queue to get a turn at the big telescope, and the local RASC amateur astronomy chapter set up their own telescopes around the outside for everyone to look at while waiting. There's scientific art scattered around, and great student volunteer opportunities. It's amazing! Anybody have a few million $ for my university to do this too?
@sundogplanets Love that sundial!
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SFU likes over-the-top caution signs
@sundogplanets Both signs might be for international students who aren't used to bears or snow. I've seen someone cluelessly approach a bear before.
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Their astronomy outreach program is AMAZING (despite only having 1 astro prof). Paid staff run a modern telescope with perfect equipment, people use a virtual queue to get a turn at the big telescope, and the local RASC amateur astronomy chapter set up their own telescopes around the outside for everyone to look at while waiting. There's scientific art scattered around, and great student volunteer opportunities. It's amazing! Anybody have a few million $ for my university to do this too?
@sundogplanets
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I survived my incredibly long day at Simon Fraser University, and had a lot of super interesting conversations (molecular motors whaaaattt?!) Also SFU is a wildly weird and beautiful campus
@sundogplanets that doesn't look like super wintery conditions:-)
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Their astronomy outreach program is AMAZING (despite only having 1 astro prof). Paid staff run a modern telescope with perfect equipment, people use a virtual queue to get a turn at the big telescope, and the local RASC amateur astronomy chapter set up their own telescopes around the outside for everyone to look at while waiting. There's scientific art scattered around, and great student volunteer opportunities. It's amazing! Anybody have a few million $ for my university to do this too?
@sundogplanets It would probably cost a lot less than millions. You could even get a traditional dome building if you build your obsy at the top of a decommissioned silo.
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@sundogplanets Both signs might be for international students who aren't used to bears or snow. I've seen someone cluelessly approach a bear before.
@Hicsumus @sundogplanets right around the university is basically forest, so I wouldn't be surprised if a bear had made it onto campus. (Because of all the rain, you can get pretty much anywhere on campus without going outside, and I doubt the snow clearance is much good.)
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SFU likes over-the-top caution signs
@sundogplanets it doesn't matter how often I remind myself that you're somewhere called SFU. Whenever I see it in your toots I hear you screaming SHUT THE FUCK UP in my head
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SFU likes over-the-top caution signs
@sundogplanets I saw a pigeon once; I survived.
Did I get lucky?
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I survived my incredibly long day at Simon Fraser University, and had a lot of super interesting conversations (molecular motors whaaaattt?!) Also SFU is a wildly weird and beautiful campus
@sundogplanets 1960s university architecture still looks futuristic today. I think they've filmed some sci-fi there.
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@sundogplanets 1960s university architecture still looks futuristic today. I think they've filmed some sci-fi there.
@sundogplanets oh they've filmed lots of things there... https://604now.com/simon-fraser-university-movies-filmed-at-sfu-hollywood/ I taught a workshop there 15 years ago, love the place.
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I survived my incredibly long day at Simon Fraser University, and had a lot of super interesting conversations (molecular motors whaaaattt?!) Also SFU is a wildly weird and beautiful campus
@sundogplanets they do not like trees though, do they? A bit too much concrete for my taste
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SFU likes over-the-top caution signs
@sundogplanets the wildlife, being urbanized according to several cultural anthropology studies, would like a word
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@sundogplanets they do not like trees though, do they? A bit too much concrete for my taste
All you have to do is turn around and look away from the campus.
It’s all trees, down the mountain via a winding road, to the suburbs.The original complex is effectively a single large building with plazas and breezeways. There were even internal corridors and stairways that led to nowhere in the 1960s, ready for further expansion as the university grew.
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@sundogplanets It would probably cost a lot less than millions. You could even get a traditional dome building if you build your obsy at the top of a decommissioned silo.
@giltay Yes, but hiring and paying staff to run it (because there's absolutely no way I can do that on top of all my teaching and research and service) could cost millions
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@giltay Yes, but hiring and paying staff to run it (because there's absolutely no way I can do that on top of all my teaching and research and service) could cost millions
@sundogplanets I was being a little facetious. I know the cost of actually operating an observatory is why we nearly lost the David Dunlop here in Ontario.
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