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Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson delivers the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture inside the Hart Recreation Center.
Guests ask questions of astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson during the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture inside the Hart Recreation Center.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson delivers the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture.
Guests wait to listen to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson deliver the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture.
Guests wait in line inside the Hart Recreation Center prior to listening to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson deliver the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture.
Guests wait in line to enter the Hart Recreation Center prior to listening to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson deliver the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture.
Center, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is photographed with Holy Cross students during the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture.
Center, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is photographed with faculty, students and administration during the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson visits with guests after receiving the Key to the City of Worcester during the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture.
Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., president of Holy Cross, stands with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson after receiving the Key to the City of Worcester during the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture.
Worcester City Mayor Joseph M. Petty presents the Key to the City of Worcester to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson prior to the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson talks to College of the Holy Cross students during a seminar held prior to the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture.
From left, Edward O'Donnell, Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture faculty advisor and associate professor of history, and Hanify-Howland co-chairs Nina Batt ’15 and Daniel Correia '15, joke with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson prior to Tyson delivering the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture.
Photography and video by Tom Rettig, Christian R. Santillo, Dan Vaillancourt
On Thursday, Nov. 13, Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, spent a few, busy hours on the College of the Holy Cross campus as the guest speaker for the 49th annual Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture. Before his lecture in the Hart Recreation Center, 25 students had the opportunity to interact with Tyson in a small seminar, discussing a range of topics that were both intellectually stimulating and personal.
After receiving the key to the city of Worcester presented to him by Mayor Joseph Petty, Tyson spoke in front of a full arena of more than 2,500 people. One particular interaction with an audience member, first-grader Kaitlynn Goulette, stood out to those in attendance. A video of the intimate and inspiring moment between the astrophysicist and six-year old soon went viral, claiming more than 300,000 views on YouTube and even resulting in an article by Time.com, which highlighted the video on its homepage.
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