Matriculation Convocation 2016: Together, Against the Current

The Matriculation Convocation is the traditional start of the academic year. This is President Burstein\u27s fourth Matriculation Convocation

Matriculation Convocation 2017: What Do We Stand For?

The Matriculation Convocation is the traditional start of the academic year. This is President Burstein\u27s fifth Matriculation Convocation

Finding Home: Belonging During a Pandemic

Lawrence University President Mark Burstein officially opens the university’s 172nd academic year, along with its 2020-21 convocation series, with his virtual matriculation address, “Finding Home: Belonging During a Pandemic.” Now in his eighth year as Lawrence’s 16th president, Burstein has focused on creating learning communities in which all members can reach their full potential

Standing with the Statue of Liberty

Lawrence University President Mark Burstein officially opens the university’s 170th academic year, along with its 2018-19 convocation series, Thursday, Sept. 13 with his annual matriculation address. Now in his sixth year as Lawrence’s 16th president, Burstein has focused on creating learning communities in which all members can reach their full potential

For Mature Audiences Only: A Liberal Arts Education

The Matriculation Convocation is the traditional start of the academic year. This is President Burstein\u27s third Matriculation Convocation

Sustaining Dialogue: Educating for a Diverse Society

The Matriculation Convocation is the traditional start of the academic year. This is President Burstein\u27s second Matriculation Convocation

Is Our Future Too Hot to Handle?

Lawrence University President Mark Burstein officially opens the university’s 171st academic year, along with its 2019-20 convocation series, with his matriculation address, “Is Our Future Too Hot to Handle?” Now in his seventh year as Lawrence’s 16th president, Burstein has focused on creating learning communities in which all members can reach their full potential

Infrastructure for Semantic Interoperability and Integration: Breakout Discussion Summary

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Stellar Absorption Lines in the Spectra of Seyfert Galaxies

We have measured the strengths of Ca II Triplet and Mgb stellar absorption lines in the nuclear and off-nuclear spectra of Seyfert galaxies. These features are diluted to varying degrees by continuum emission from the active nucleus and from young stars. Ca II Triplet strengths can be enhanced if late-type supergiant stars dominate the near-IR light. Thus, objects with strong Ca II Triplet and weak Mgb lines may be objects with strong bursts of star formation. We find that for most of our sample the line strengths are at least consistent with dilution of a normal galaxy spectrum by a power law continuum, in accord with the standard model for AGN. However, for several Seyferts in our sample, it appears that dilution by a power law continuum cannot simultaneously explain strong Ca II Triplet and relatively weak Mgb. Also, these objects occupy the region of the IRAS color-color diagram characteristic of starburst galaxies. In these objects it appears that the optical to near-IR emission is dominated by late-type supergiants produced in a circumnuclear burst of star formation.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Advances in Space Research, presented at "The AGN/Host Galaxy Connection" as part of the Scientific Assembly of COSPAR, July 12-18 Nagoya, Japa