Gravitational Lensing and the Dark Universe

• lensing probes of galaxy dark halos
  cluster giant arcs; mass distribution
• weak lensing: theory
• weak lensing probes of large-scale structure
• the future: LSST

The Intergalactic Medium and Reionization

• IGM: Gunn-Peterson effect
• evidence for reionization; indications of when
• gas dynamics in the cosmic web

The Cosmic History of Star Formation

• probes of cosmic star formation
• the observed cosmic star formation rate
• open questions

Finale: The Universe and Beyond the Infinite

• Physical Cosmology: state of the art
• job security: open questions
• predictions for the next decade