Multimedia Reporter Wesley Damenti reports on what happened at this year’s Family Weekend.
Butler University views solar eclipse through intermittent clouds
Butler University was all ready for the 2017 solar eclipse, with a viewing party and the Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium taking advantage of the phenomenon, but inclement weather made viewing more difficult.
Plans for observatory renovation in place
Photo by Rafael Porto Plans for updates and renovations to Butler University’s Holcomb Observatory to enhance student learning are in the works. Butler is a member of the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy consortium. The consortium will start a $350,000 refurbishment of the Butler telescope after it finishes renovations to SARA’s other telescopes in…
The men behind the Butler blooms
In an obscure office on the corner of 52nd Street and Boulevard Place, past the Apartment Village, sit two men. Their names are James Conner and Kevin Steckbeck. You probably have not heard their names before, but you have seen their handiwork. For the past 25 years, these two men have been responsible for all…