Attend a Town Hall with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, March 1

February 24, 2023 (Last updated: April 17, 2024)

ASU, Events, Graduate students, Tempe campus, Undergraduate students

Would you like to learn more about the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, known as the JPL, and opportunities to collaborate? Join us next Wednesday, March 1, 2023, for a Town Hall on “Exploring the Space Frontier to Benefit Humanity: JPL, ASU and How You Can Engage” with Laurie Leshin, director of JPL and Jordan Blacksberg, program manager for JPL’s Strategic University Research Partnership, or SURP, Program.

Exploring the Space Frontier to Benefit Humanity: JPL, ASU and How You Can Engage
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
2:30–3:30 p.m.
Old Main (MAIN) Carson Ballroom, Tempe campus [map]
Register today!

Then join President Michael Crow and Leshin for a conversation about the future of Earth and space exploration, and the role of universities, NASA and commercial space in advancing the understanding of the Earth and beyond to address our most pressing challenges.

Town Hall with JPL
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
5:30–6:30 p.m. with reception to follow
Interdisciplinary Sciences and Technology Building IV (ISTB4) Marston Exploration Theater, Tempe campus [map]
Register to attend

Leshin, director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since May 2022, is a distinguished geochemist and space scientist with extensive leadership experience in academia and government, including senior NASA positions. An ASU alumna of the Class of 1987, Leshin served as the Dee and John Whiteman Dean’s Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at ASU from 1998 to 2005, and director of the ASU Center for Meteorite Studies from 2003 to 2005.