Archive for: Neil deGrasse Tyson

 
Science Comedian Brian Malow Blends Humor, Education

Science Comedian Brian Malow Blends Humor, Education

November 1, 2012 9:32 am | no comments

College tends to be a formative period, but not always in the way you’d expect. For science comedian Brian Malow, BA ’85, a key event was seeing a poster...

 
 
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Why Space Matters [Watch]

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Why Space Matters [Watch]

June 5, 2012 11:38 am | 3 comments

Can’t see the video? Click here. Alcalde March|April cover star Neil deGrasse Tyson, MA ’83, may be one of the best orators alive today. He’s...

 
 
Getting Personal With Our March|April Cover Model

Getting Personal With Our March|April Cover Model

February 28, 2012 3:55 pm | no comments

“Tyson here.” The voice at the other end of the phone was chipper and bright—even musical. It was a voice I’d heard dozens of times in YouTube...

 
 
Neil deGrasse Tyson's Greatest Hits [Watch]

Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Greatest Hits [Watch]

February 28, 2012 2:02 pm | no comments

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, MA ’83—profiled in our March|April issue—has appeared on dozens of TV shows, from The Colbert Report to Battlestar...

 
 
Star Power

Star Power

February 28, 2012 12:00 pm | 35 comments

Neil deGrasse Tyson, MA ’83, is the public face of science. But he says his success has nothing to do with UT. “Hey, aren’t you the scientist?” The...

 
 
Jon Stewart Endorses Neil deGrasse Tyson for President

Jon Stewart Endorses Neil deGrasse Tyson for President

February 28, 2012 9:50 am | 5 comments

Walt Disney? Candidate for president? Astroevangelist Neil deGrasse Tyson (The Alcalde’s, ahem, March|April cover model) was called all of that and more on...

 
 
 
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