The following papers were presented by members of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the 201th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in January, 2003 in Seattle, WA.

STAFF: Dr. Carol Ambruster, Dr. Edward Fitzpatrick, Dr. Frank Maloney, Dr. Edward Guinan, Dr. Edward Sion, Dr. Rex Saffer, Dr. Paul Godon, Larry DeWarf

STUDENTS: Jeremy Sepinsky, Jessica Castore, Lisa Winter, Eric Barron, Joel Urban, Jeffrey Tracey, Scott Engle, Micheal Dulude


[12.07] The Quiescent and Flaring Atmosphere of the dMe Flare Star EV Lacertae

R.A. Osten (NRAO), S.L. Hawley (Univ. of Washington), C.M. Johns-Krull (Rice University), A. Brown, T.R. Ayres (CASA, Univ. of Colorado), C. Ambruster (Villanova Univ.)


[20.10] The Peculiar Photometric Behavior of the Young Stellar Object GW Orionis

L.E. DeWarf, E.F. Guinan (Villanova University), J.F. Sepinsky (University of Delaware), A.M. Pouch (Abington High School, PA)


[4.05] Fundamental Properties of the LMC Eclipsing Binary HV5936

E.L. Fitzpatrick (Villanova University), I. Ribas (Universitat de Barcelona), E.F. Guinan, F.P. Maloney (Villanova University), A. Claret (Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia)


[4.02] Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Analysis of Mass Flow in the Interacting Binary U Cephei

G.E. McCluskey, Jr., J. Johnson, G.G. DeLeo (Lehigh University), F. Bruhweiler (NASA), W. Anderson (Catholic University), Y. Kondo (NASA), A. Gimenez (ESA), E.F. Guinan (Villanova University), J. Sahade (La Plata)


[117.10U] The Last Heartbeats of a Dying Star: Pulsation of the Post-Asymptotic Giant Branch Star - Sakurai's Object (V4334 Sgr)

J.E. Castora, L.M. Winter, E.F. Guinan (Villanova University)


15.01U] The Ups and Downs of the Black Hole Binary Cygnus X-1: Correlations of the X-ray High/Low Energy States with the Optical Light Curves

E.G. Barron, J.A. Urban, E.F. Guinan (Villanova University), J.F. Sepinsky (University of Delaware), I. Ribas (Universidad de Barcelona)


[117.11] ``But I am constant as the North Star*'' - The Return of Polaris as a Low Amplitude Classical Cepheid

J.J. Davis, J.C. Tracey, S.G. Engle, E.F. Guinan (Villanova University)


[7.14] Blue Straggler Stars in the Globular Clusters 47 Tuc, M 3, and NGC 6752: HST STIS Spectroscopy

J. F. Sepinsky (Univ. of Delaware), R. A. Saffer (Villanova Univ.), M. M. Shara, D. Zurek (Dept. of Astrophysics, American Museum of Natural History)


[40.09] Far Ultraviolet Observations of the Dwarf Novae SS Aur and RU Peg

E.M. Sion, F. Cheng, P. Godon (Villanova University), P. Szkody (University of Washington)


[40.05U] IUE Archival Observations of the Old Nova V841

S. Engle, E.M. Sion (Villanova University)


[40.10] HST Spectroscopy of the cooling of the Dwarf Nova WZ Sge following the unexpected July 2001 Outburst.

P. Godon, E.M. Sion (Villanova University)


[33.04] Observations of Novalike Cataclysmic Variables with the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer

D. W. Hoard (SSC/Caltech), Paula Szkody, Albert Linnell (U Washington), K. Long (STScI), E. M. Sion (Villanova), I. Hubeny (NASA/GSFC), C. Knigge (U Southampton)


[40.14U] A Synthetic Spectral Analysis of the Far UV Spectra of the Dwarf Novae TW Vir, CH UMa and IR Gem During Quiescence

M. Dulude, E.M. Sion (Villanova University)


[40.12U] Re-Ananlysis of CN Ori, UZ Ser and X Leo with Composite Accretion Disk plus Photosphere Models

J. Urban, E.M. Sion (Villanova University)


[40.13U] The Properties of the Dwarf Novae BV Puppis, BD Pav and BV Cen During Quiescence

J. Tracey, E.M. Sion (Villanova University)


[115.10U] SiO masers: Three-Transition Movie for a Red Giant Atmosphere

L.M. Winter (Villanova University), R.B. Phillips, R.J. Crowley (MIT Haystack Observatory)