{"617779":{"#nid":"617779","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Death of a Universe","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch5\u003EAbstract\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Big Bang theory tells the story of the beginning of the universe, our cosmic home for the last 13.8 billion years. But what is the story of its end?\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKatie Mack will share what modern astrophysics says about the ultimate fate of the cosmos, and what each possibility would entail if there were people there to see it.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch5\u003EAbout the Speaker\u003C\/h5\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.astrokatie.com\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EKatherine (Katie) Mack\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is a theoretical astrophysicist who studies a range of questions in cosmology, the study of the universe from beginning to end. She is an assistant professor of physics at North Carolina State University, where she is also a member of the Leadership in Public Science Cluster.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThroughout her career, Mack\u0026nbsp;has studied dark matter, the early universe, galaxy formation, black holes, cosmic strings, and the ultimate fate of the cosmos.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlongside academic research, Mack is an active science communicator, with publications in\u0026nbsp;Scientific American, Slate, Sky \u0026amp; Telescope, Time.com, and Cosmos Magazine, where she is a columnist. You can find\u0026nbsp;her on Twitter as @AstroKatie.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Physics Public Lecture with Katie Mack, North Carolina State University"}],"uid":"34553","created_gmt":"2019-02-13 18:13:23","changed_gmt":"2019-03-20 18:18:22","author":"sniebuhr3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-04-23T19:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2019-04-23T20:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-04-23T20:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-04-23 23:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-04-24 00:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-04-24 00:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"617778":{"id":"617778","type":"image","title":"katie mack","body":null,"created":"1550081449","gmt_created":"2019-02-13 18:10:49","changed":"1550081449","gmt_changed":"2019-02-13 18:10:49","alt":"","file":{"fid":"235158","name":"ELSI conference portrait.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ELSI%20conference%20portrait.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ELSI%20conference%20portrait.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":298912,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ELSI%20conference%20portrait.jpg?itok=8QEGDCsy"}}},"media_ids":["617778"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.astrokatie.com\/","title":"Katie Mack"}],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"960","name":"physics"},{"id":"25211","name":"universe"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/sniebuhr3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Esniebuhr3@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}