Astronomer to Present Talk At UB On How Stars Are Born

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Where do stars come from?

The answer to this and other cosmic questions will be addressed on Tuesday, Oct. 21, when Judith L. Pipher, professor of astronomy at the University of Rochester, presents the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lecture at 7:30 p.m. in Knox 110 on the University at Buffalo North (Amherst) Campus.

Free and open to the public, this general-interest lecture is sponsored by the UB Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the UB Department of Physics.

Pipher studies regions of star formation in our galaxy, and has participated in developing near infrared arrays and cameras for