Dr. Kristine Larsen

Wishing @sarasidnerCNN a speedy recovery - your amazingly candid divulging of your breast cancer this morning certainly saved many lives.

@Teaching_wMagic Thanks for the kind review!

I recently read and reviewed @MenelRond 's chapter in "Approaches to Teaching Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings" because I've been asked about how to teach math and science with Tolkien's works, esp the Silmarillion. Click bit.ly/3RXbHIR to read the full review!

Much food for thought here; thank you Tom! scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolki…

A new blog post: a conference presentation arguing against a remake or reboot of the classic horror film "Event Horizon" menelrond.blogspot.com/2023/12/hell-i…

Shut Up and Give ‘Event Horizon’ Your Eye Holes Already indiewire.com/features/best-…

#CCSU Honors Program students keep up the annual tradition of volunteering at the Friends of New Britain Library Book Sale!

I warned you this would happen: My thoughts on recent events and books promoting themselves as counter-cultural. Promoting a Scholarly Tolkien Event or Book? First, Do Your Homework! luke-shelton.com/2023/10/03/pro…

A new CFP for #TolkienTrewsday/#TolkienTuesday! The Mythopoeic Society's OMS 2024 will be held the weekend of February 17th with the theme "Something Mighty Queer". We're accepting proposals until November 30th, 2023 at oms-chair@mythcon.org. Can't wait to see everyone's ideas!

ccsuniverse.wordpress.com/2023/10/05/the… My latest blog post

ccsuniverse.wordpress.com/2023/10/02/the… A second blog post celebrating the #CCSU Theater Department's production of 'Silent Sky."

As I’m putting this #InTheFlesh commentary track up on my @patron page for FREE. If you can donate to the cause? You’ll get BONUS CONTENT. & my undying love 😜 Send email to ITFE1S3@outlook.com & put in subject COM & a screenshot. Thanks! Donate here: gofund.me/2230399c

ccsuniverse.wordpress.com/2023/09/30/set… The first in a series of blog celebrating the #CCSU Theater Department's production of the play "Silent Sky."

Next FREE planetarium shows at #CCSU

#CCSU astronomy students engage in meteorite mischief by making their own craters. Read about it here ccsuniverse.wordpress.com/2023/09/27/mod…

#CCSU Planetarium Director shares her love of the universe with the public at the recent Durham Fair ccsuniverse.wordpress.com/2023/09/28/dur…

#CCSU students in AST 278 The Night Sky enjoyed taking moon "selfies" the other night through our telescopes!

@AranelParmadil some people refuse to be educated

@OpenTechPark @CCSU_Astronomy A "group" is an area of activity. If you have an isolated spot, it is a spot but it also denotes an area of activity. So it counts as a spot and a group.

Join #CCSU Astronomy Professor Dr. Kristine Larsen, co-director of the AAVSO Solar Observing Section, for a free online webinar on sunspots, Saturday, August 6, 2 PM EDT. You must register online to receive the log-in credentials but the event is FREE. aavso.org/2022-how-to-ho…

Here is a paper version of the non-astronomy bits of my Oxonmoot keynote talk (the astronomy bits will be another paper): scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolki…