# Priya Natarajan

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Making Her Story: Priya Natarajan

Priya Natarajan has what some might call an affinity for the impalpable. Black holes. Galaxies. The intricacies of the universe. This hour, the Yale-based astrophysicist talks about the experiences that triggered her curiosity and zeal for "exotica." It's the latest in WNPR's "Making Her Story" ser…

Episode 12: Cultivating Leadership - Identity

In Equity EdTalk, Dr Linda Nathan (a former bilingual middle school teacher, long-time high school principal, lecturer at Harvard and Cambridge College and now a leadership coach), sits down with experienced educators who have championed equity-centered work in their organizations. In Episode 12, …

Total Eclipse and Other Wonders

From our narrow vantage point on Earth, how can we see what's out there, beyond our skies? We look to how scientists and scholars have studied eclipses, dark matter, deep-space transmissions from intelligent life and more, all in the hopes of painting a clearer picture of a vast and invisible unive…

New principal appointed for Portland’s Casco Bay High School

Priya Natarajan, who currently serves as the school's assistant principal, will take over as principal on July 1.

The Curious Case Of The Supermassive Black Hole

Black holes are one of the most mysterious cosmological phenomena out there. Astrophysicist Priya Natarajan calls them "the point where all known laws of physics break down."On the list of perplexing qualities: The origins of supermassive black holes. That story was only confirmed within the last y…

The mass appeal of black holes, plus local astronomical societies on connecting through the cosmos

Black holes aren’t just the stuff of science fiction; they’re real astronomical objects so dense, so massive, that nothing, not even light, escapes from them. Today, we’re getting lost in the void. Yale Astrophysicist Priya Natarajan joins us for an hour to talk about her research on these extraor…

The mass appeal of black holes, plus local astronomical societies on connecting through the cosmos

Black holes aren’t just the stuff of science fiction; they’re real astronomical objects so dense, so massive, that nothing, not even light, escapes from them. Today, we’re getting lost in the void. Yale Astrophysicist Priya Natarajan joins us for an hour to talk about her research on these extraor…

How Can Trust in Science be Restored?

On this episode of The Middle, we're asking how trust in science can be restored. It's taken a hit following the COVID Pandemic, and the Trump Administration has elevated science skeptics to positions of power and proposed giant cuts in scientific research. Jeremy is joined by Science Friday host F…

The mass appeal of black holes, plus local astronomical societies on connecting through the cosmos

Black holes aren’t just the stuff of science fiction; they’re real astronomical objects so dense, so massive, that nothing, not even light, escapes from them. Today, we’re getting lost in the void. Yale Astrophysicist Priya Natarajan joins us for an hour to talk about her research on these extraor…

The Middle + SciFri: How Can Trust In Science Be Restored?

We’re bringing you a special bonus episode from our friends at the live call-in show “The Middle with Jeremy Hobson.” Jeremy is joined by Science Friday Host Flora Lichtman and theoretical astrophysicist Priya Natarajan to talk about how trust in science can be restored. It took a hit with the COVI…