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Michael Rutkowski, Assistant Professor, Minnesota State University - Mankato will present on, "Leveraging Ultraviolet Observations to Understand How Galaxies Drive Evolution on Cosmic Scales." 

Ultraviolet observations of galaxies are critical for solving a variety of fundamental questions in modern astrophysics. I will discuss how a number of past and present UV optical extragalactic surveys provide novel constraints on some of these questions. Specifically, I will highlight the utility of UV observations of 1) OVI emission in the circumgalactic medium of starburst galaxies, 2) star forming galaxies at the rest frame Lyman continuum regime, and 3) quiescent galaxies at intermediate redshift for understanding the cosmic history of metals, reionization of the neutral intergalactic medium, and the hierarchical assembly of galaxies, respectively.  I will conclude with a discussion of some efforts to ensure UV science is sustained or improved in the 2020s and beyond.

Pizza lunch provided.