{"id":18881,"date":"2013-02-11T10:10:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T14:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=18881"},"modified":"2013-02-11T10:10:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T14:10:26","slug":"famed-astrophysicist-to-visit-wright-state-for-the-presidential-lecture-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2013\/02\/11\/famed-astrophysicist-to-visit-wright-state-for-the-presidential-lecture-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Famed astrophysicist to visit Wright State for the Presidential Lecture Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>((Excerpt))<\/p>\n<p>Astrophysicist and host of PBS\u2019s \u201cNOVA ScienceNOW\u201d Neil deGrasse Tyson will present his lecture \u201cTen Things You Need to Know about the Universe\u201d in the Apollo Room on Thursday, March 7, at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson\u2019s presentation is part of the \u201cPresidential Lecture Series\u201d at Wright State, and will serve as part of the eighth annual \u201cHonors Institute\u201d organized by the Honors Program. The event is free and does not require registration.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson was also one of the primary astrophysicists involved with revoking Pluto\u2019s status as a planet, instead deeming it a dwarf planet.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardianonline.com\/wright-life\/2013\/02\/09\/astrophysicist-visits-wsu-for-the-presidential-lecture-series\/\">GuardianOnline.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>((Excerpt)) Astrophysicist and host of PBS\u2019s \u201cNOVA ScienceNOW\u201d Neil deGrasse Tyson will present his lecture \u201cTen Things You Need to Know about the Universe\u201d in the Apollo Room on Thursday, March 7, at 7 p.m. Tyson\u2019s presentation is part of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2013\/02\/11\/famed-astrophysicist-to-visit-wright-state-for-the-presidential-lecture-series\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[714,730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-the-media","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18881"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18882,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18881\/revisions\/18882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}