Information for UVa/NRAO lunch talk speakers

A series of informal, brown-bag, lunchtime seminars for the discussion of current projects and astronomical news

TUNA Lunch Talk Schedule

Background

TUNA lunch talks are 30-45 minute talks in an informal, lunchtime setting in the NRAO Conference room at Edgemont Road. A sandwich lunch is provided for each speaker. Please contact the TUNA organizers (tunalunch at nrao period edu) prior to the day of your talk to confirm time of arrival and discuss any technical requirements for your talk. Traditional overhead projectors, as well as a digital projector, are available, with facilities for connecting laptops or downloading a talk from the web.

NEW! Screen Layout

Please don't put anything important, including axis labels, at the very bottom of your slides, especially if you will be speaking in Room 230 (the default). People even halfway back in the room would not be able to see that material over other people's lunchbags and/or your laptop.

Newer! Title and Abstract Formatting

Please email your titles and abstracts, in ASCII, to 

tunalunch at nrao period edu
LaTeXish super or subscripts are OK, and will be properly handled on the web pages. H2O gets converted to H2O, and the first person who sends a decent perl expression for handling general molecules, ions, and isotopes will be entitled to a cookie and/or Nobel prize in chemistry.

Schedule

Non-Tuesday TUNA talks (MUNA, WUNA, FUNA) are subject to room availability. Thursday is out because of the afternoon colloquium series, and Friday is discouraged if there is an ELF talk that week.

Those restrictions aside, we are happy to work with your schedule. The schedule of booked talks is on the main TUNA page.


Have you requested your lunch yet?

If not, please contact tunalunch at nrao period edu to express your lunch preference by 10:00 AM on the day of your talk.

Le Menu

Sandwich specialties,

or if you prefer, fixings for made to order sandwiches.

We can probably substitute 1 or 2 of the salads for a sandwich, as well.

Please indicate a beverage and/or chip preference in the same message.

Directions to NRAO

When traveling to NRAO-Charlottesville, there is a nice schematic map with directions to UVa (we are on the west side of the campus, so this is a good start) on the web at:

http://minerva.acc.Virginia.edu/webmap/GetToCvilleLocator.html

Here are more specific directions to NRAO (the directions on this web page tell you how to get to the center of campus):

  1. When you come into Charlottesville on Rt. 29, take the Rt 250 bypass (west) (this is the road listed as 29&250 on the map) around to Ivy Road (which is also listed as 250, see the map).
  2. At the top of the offramp, go right on Ivy Road.
  3. At the second light, go right on Alderman. This road winds around a bit, and then the next light is McCormick, where you should take a right.
  4. The first stop sign on McCormick is at Edgemont Road, where you should take a right.
  5. Edgemont Road will curve around to the right, and then the first major building/driveway on the right is NRAO. The parking lot straight ahead is the visitors lot, but if there are no spaces available you are welcome to park in the main lot, which is down the driveway behind the building.

You can see these instructions pictorially at
http://minerva.acc.Virginia.edu/Map/

where you can also click on area "I" to get a closeup of the Observatory Hill Dorms area; NRAO is building #10 on this closeup map.