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	UC Berkeley Announces New Cosmology Center ABC News Video Webcast Photo Gallery _______________________________________________________________________________________ Steven Hawking hosts a 25 year anniversary conference at the University of Cambridge in conjunction with launch of his new Centre for Theoretical Cosmology. December 17-20, 2007 "In 1982 we held a workshop on the very early universe in Cambridge. This was a time of great excitement in the field. Inflation had just been proposed as a possible answer to some of the problems of the Hot Big Bang model, but it was not clear how it would work or what its observational consequences might be...On the 25th anniversary of that historic workshop it seems appropriate to review the inflationary model, consider new theoretical developments, compare observations and contrast with other scenarios for the very early universe." Stephen Hawking Conference Website Photos _______________________________________________________________________________________ October 21-24, 2007 Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Festival 2007 promotes creativity at the scientific and social level. A record number of Nobel laureates and other distinguished leaders from around the world participated in Festival 2007. Photos from Abu Dhabi and the Festival (NYSD) _______________________________________________________________________________________ 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, California Section October 26-27, 2007 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab _______________________________________________________________________________________ *BCCP and the Berkeley Lab Academy for Science Teaching* and Learning host a "Physics In and Through Cosmology" workshop for high school students and teachers** _______________________________________________________________________________________ May 2007 The five most recent United States recipients of the Nobel Prize were in Washington D.C. as part of the 12th annual Nobel Laureates Capitol Hill Day. They spoke about the state of the country's scientific enterprise and the importance of scientific investment. Pictured from left to right: Craig C. Mello, George F. Smoot, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Andrew Z. Fire, and Roger Kornberg. For more photos go here. (Photo courtesy of Kara Delahunt) View US Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Hearing of the 2006 Nobel Laureates: Science, Technology, and Innovation _____________________________________________________________________________________ 2006 Nobel Laureates add their names to the Nobel Monument in New York Photo Gallery at the Nobel Monument Inscription Ceremony ______________________________________________________________________________________ In June, Dr. Smoot attended the inaugural events of the *Institute of Advanced Cosmology* (IAC) in Mexico. Discussions about creating a cosmology research center with colleagues there culminated in the formation of the new Institute, in addition to planned education and outreach programs. Inaugural events included a press conference announcement with IAC director Axel de la Macorra; science and cultural activities; discussions about opportunities in cosmology and work force development; and visits to Teotihuacan and the National Museum of Anthropology. Smoot's visit and lecture was enthusiastically received by many guests and students that were delighted to have the Nobelist participate in the institute's inauguration. Read about it in Internacional newspaper (in Spanish). BCCP and partner IAC will sponsor an annual cosmology school and workshop on the beach for graduate students and post doctoral scholars. Cosmologia en la Playa / Cosmology at the Beach _______________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Smoot recently gave a sold-out lecture at Fermilab on Relics of Creation: The Big Bang, The COBE Satellite & Cosmic Microwave Background. View lecture here ______________________________________________________________________________ May 2007 Texas A&M University INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY "Recent advances in observational astronomy have brought a new focus on the potential connections between new fundamental particles and our understanding of their impact on the early universe and its evolution..." Prof. George Smoot (UC Berkeley) gave a public talk on The Echoes of Creation at Rudder Theater _______________________________________________________________________________________ April 24, 2007 QUEST, KQED’s new multimedia series about the people behind San Francisco Bay Area science and how their work is changing the world, featured Berkeley Lab Nobel Laureate George Smoot on the "Origin of the Universe." _______________________________________________________________________________________ Dr. Smoot spoke at the Ohio State University Department of Physics 45th Annual Smith Lecture in April 2007. A RealMedia stream of the talk is available at: rtsp://streaming1.osu.edu/media2/physics/041207.rm QuickTime version: http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/videos/Smoot.mpg _______________________________________________________________________________________ Celebrating a Star among Stars With new Nobelist George Smoot grabbing a front-row step, famed cosmologist Stephen Hawking gives a talk for astronomy and physics students at UC Berkeley in a packed LeConte lecture hall. Hawking delivered a sold-out Zellerbach Hall talk March 13 on the origins of the universe. View webcast of event. Read more here. UC Press release. "Hawking is out of this world" - SF Gate article. Photo by Steve McConnell/UC NewsCenter Brief clips of Hawking Oppenheimer lecture: CMB as evidence of early universe 1 CMB as evidence of early universe 2 Hubble expansion of the universe The nature of time Steady State Theory ______________________________________________________________________________________ George Smoot lectured on his Nobel Prize winning research at The Berkeley Repertory Theater on March 5, 2007. Watch Video Listen to lecture More photos by Roy Kaltschmidt of LBNL.