# Talk: Historic Change: Vera Rubin ![Vera Rubin quarter](/sites/g/files/omnuum2761/files/styles/hwp_5_4__480x385/public/2025-06/Mobile%20Banner%20%283%29-crop.png?itok=mYOrIFbg) #### calendar\_today Date and Time **June 26, 2025** 03:00PM - 04:30PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **Sanders Theatre** [Harvard's Memorial Hall 45 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02122 United States ]() https://harvard.zoom.us/j/92548813031 [ Book Your Free Tickets for In Person arrow\_circle\_right ](https://www.boxoffice.harvard.edu/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=vera-rubin&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=) ## Historic Change: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. Vera Rubin #### at Harvard's Sanders Theatre Join us for an out-of-this-world program celebrating the release of the new Dr. Vera Rubin quarter! Part of the [American Women Quarters™ Program](https://womenshistory.si.edu/american-women-quarters-program), which celebrates the accomplishments and contributions made by women in the United States, the quarter honors Dr. Vera Rubin as an astronomer whose discoveries shed light on one of our Universe's biggest mysteries, dark matter! Learn more about how Dr. Vera Rubin's work transformed our understanding of the universe and her legacy of championing women in science in a discussion with panelists: - **Ashley Yeager —** *Biographer of Vera Rubin, and Science Writer* - **Dr. Deidre Hunter —** *Historic Collaborator with Vera Rubin and Astronomer at Lowell Observatory* - **Prof. Priya Natarajan —** *Theoretical astrophysicist, Chair of Astronomy at Yale, and Principal Investigator at Black Hole Initiative* - **Astronaut Cady Coleman —** *Astronaut on STS-93 that launched the Chandra X-ray Observatory, Chemist, and USAF Colonel* - **Dr. Dominika Król —** *High-Energy Astrophysicist at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian* Join us afterwards on the Science Center Plaza for our [Discovery Festival](https://platestacks.cfa.harvard.edu/event/event-vera-rubin-discovery-festival?occ_id=0) from 4:30-7:30 pm. This event is free and open to all. [Read more about the new quarter honor Dr. Vera Rubin on the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum](https://womenshistory.si.edu/blog/new-quarter-honors-vera-rubin-astronomer-who-revealed-universes-hidden-mass). This event is hosted by [The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA)](https://cfa.harvard.edu/) and the [Smithsonian American Women's History Museum](https://womenshistory.si.edu/). ***Accessibility**: Live American Sign Language (ASL) Interpretation will be provided for those attending in person.* [*Our live stream will also include CART Closed Captioning and Spanish Language Interpretation virtually through our Zoom Feed*](https://platestacks.cfa.harvard.edu/event/virtual-live-stream-historic-change-vera-rubin-0?occ_id=0)*.* ## Learn More About Our Panelist [### Deidre Hunter ](/people/deidre-hunter)Astronomer at Lowell Observatory, and historic collaborator of Vera Rubin ![Portrait of Deidre Hunter in front of a green background. She wears glasses and has short brown hair. ](/sites/g/files/omnuum2761/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/dhunter.jpg?itok=NXeSGY61) [### Ashley Yeager ](/people/ashley-yeager)Science Writer, Editor, Multimedia Producer, and Biographer of Vera Rubin ![Woman looking straight ahead at the camera, she has long curly hair](/sites/g/files/omnuum2761/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Ashley%20Jean%20Yeager.jpg?itok=7PPPy_pl) [### Cady Coleman ](/people/cady-coleman)Astronaut, US Air Force Colonel, Chemist, and Engineer ![Portrait of astronaut Cady Coleman in front of a US flag in a spacesuit.](/sites/g/files/omnuum2761/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Cady%2BPortrait%2Bjsc2010e185684%2BCROP%2B300dpi.jpg?itok=OhyUlnQJ) [### Priyamvada Natarajan ](/people/priyamvada-natarajan)Astrophysicist and the inaugural Joseph S. and Sophia S. Fruton Professor in Astronomy & Physics at Yale ![Portrait of a woman looking at the camera dressed in grey with long dark brown hair.](/sites/g/files/omnuum2761/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Priyamvada-Natarajan-779ee89fc514ec9c.jpeg?itok=agrxLL1U) [### Dominika Król ](/people/dominika-krol)Postdoctoral Researcher in the High Energy Astrophysics Division at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian ![Portrait of a woman looking straight ahead with brown hair and a blue stripped shirt](/sites/g/files/omnuum2761/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Screenshot%202025-06-22%20at%204.31.47%E2%80%AFPM.png?h=77d69287&itok=N0iGBdsA) arrow\_back arrow\_forward ## Join Us... 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