PI Jamie Bock gives first public lecture
PI Jamie Bock is giving the first public lecture describing SPHEREx since it was selected, on this day in Hameetman Auditorium of the Cahill Center, California Institute of Technology. To be preceded by a reception at 4:30. A flyer describing the event and full details can be found here.
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