Note: Hi everyone! We (Mike Rizzo Smith & Mary Kaldor) are the lord and lady of AJRC this year. We’re very excited! We are both third year PhD Candidates. Mike works with Kelly Holley-Bockelmann on Black Hole Binaries and Accretion Disk Physics, and Mary works with Jessie Runnoe on AGN Broad Line Variability. If you ever have any questions surrounding AJRC, please email us at ajrc@vanderbilt.edu (this email)! We’re trying to keep all communication consolidated in this inbox, so we would appreciate it if you hold off on using our Vanderbilt emails or Slack.
| Date | Title | Speaker | August 27, 2025 | Introduction to AJRC | Mike and Mary |
|---|---|---|
| September 3, 2025 | Lightning Talks | Everyone! | September 10, 2025 | Kamara Culbreath |
| September 17, 2025 | Kaylah McGowan | |
| September 24, 2025 | Sofia Martinez Fortis | |
| October 1, 2025 | Nicolas-Tyler Howard | |
| October 8, 2025 | Collin Dabbieri | |
| October 15, 2025 | Polina Petrov | |
| October 22, 2025 | Levi Schult | |
| October 29, 2025 | Bill Smith | |
| November 5, 2025 | KeShawn Ivory | November 12, 2025 | Jaelyn Roth | November 19, 2025 | Michael Rizzo Smith | November 26, 2025 | Thanksgiving Break – no AJRC | December 3, 2025 | Mary Kaldor | December 10, 2025 | Reading Day – no AJRC | December 17, 2025 | Winter Break – no AJRC | December 24, 2025 | Winter Break – no AJRC | December 31, 2026 | Winter Break – no AJRC | January 7, 2026 | AAS – Backup | January 14, 2026 | William Lamb | January 21, 2026 | Brayan Hernandez | January 28, 2026 | Kyle Gersbach | February 4, 2026 | Carolyn Drake | February 11, 2026 | Harrison Blake-Goszyk | February 18, 2026 | Azeem Bari | February 25, 2026 | Ayanah Cason | March 4, 2026 | Suyash Deshmukh | March 11, 2026 | Spring Break – no AJRC | March 18, 2026 | Sebastian Banaszak | March 25, 2026 | Ryan Nowicki | April 1, 2026 | Cassandra Moats | April 8, 2026 | Zachary Hoelscher | April 15, 2026 | Nicole Ton |
Days with no planned AJRC are highlighted in red. Talks from special visitors are highlighted in blue.