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 **Talks:** **Talks:**
   * TAC Seminar: Invited talk hosted by the Theoretical Astrophysics Center.   * TAC Seminar: Invited talk hosted by the Theoretical Astrophysics Center.
-  * RAL/SPI Seminar: Invited talk that alternates between Radio Astronomy (RAL) and Star Formation/Planets/ISM (SPI) talks. 
   * Cosmology Seminar: Invited cosmology talk.   * Cosmology Seminar: Invited cosmology talk.
-  * PSF Seminar: Invited talk hosted by CIPS on planet and star formation (mostly planets) as well as geophysics +  * CIPS Seminar: Invited talk hosted by CIPS on planetary sience as well as geophysics 
-  * Thursday Lunch: 3 short (15 min including discussion) talks from a student, a post-doc, and a faculty member (usually colloquium speaker)+  * Thursday Lunch: 3 short (12 + 3 min) talks. Usually 2 are given by department members (undergrads, grad, postdoc, faculty) and the third is given by the colloquium speaker
   * Colloquium: The main invited talk of the week, complete with snacks (colloquium tea).   * Colloquium: The main invited talk of the week, complete with snacks (colloquium tea).
   * [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar|GSPS]]: Grad students and postdocs present their own work to an audience of ONLY grad students and post docs in order to get practice talking about their research in a more friendly environment.   * [[graduate_student_postdoc_seminar|GSPS]]: Grad students and postdocs present their own work to an audience of ONLY grad students and post docs in order to get practice talking about their research in a more friendly environment.
  
 **Informal Gatherings:** **Informal Gatherings:**
-  * arXiv Discussion: Any who are interested meet in the lounge to discuss recent papers posted to the [[http://arxiv.org/list/astro-ph/new|arXiv]]. Up-vote at VoxCharta: [[http://ucb-cosmo.voxcharta.org/|cosmology(Tues)]], [[http://ucb.voxcharta.org/|general(Thurs)]] +  * arXiv Discussion: Any who are interested meet in the lounge to discuss recent papers posted to the [[http://arxiv.org/list/astro-ph/new|arXiv]]. Sign up on [[https://www.benty-fields.com/|benty-fields]] and join the "Berkeley Astro" journal club. 
-  * Radio Group Lunch (every first Tues of the month at noon): Lunch with people who do (or are interested in) radio astronomy. This is an informal gathering where people discuss topics of interest and what they have been working on. **Pizza!** +  * Tasty Tuesday/TAFT (Tuesday Afternoon Food Time): Each week, a grad student/postdoc volunteers to procure **snacks** (reimbursed) to encourage friendly interaction among hungry grad students/postdocs in the lounge. 
-  * Galform: Galaxy Formation group meeting: informal discussion about what people are working on. +
-  * Tasty Tuesday/TAFT (Tuesday Afternoon Food Time): Each week, a grad student volunteers to procure **doughnuts** (reimbursed) to encourage friendly interaction among hungry grad students in the lounge. +
   * Colloquium Tea: **Snacks and beverages** prepared by grad students (see [[student_jobs|student jobs]]) enjoyed by all before colloquium.   * Colloquium Tea: **Snacks and beverages** prepared by grad students (see [[student_jobs|student jobs]]) enjoyed by all before colloquium.
-  * GSCS: Grad student meeting with the colloquium speaker. Informal opportunity to ask questions about research, careers, or anything else.+

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