| November 17, 2010 | WISE Awards winners are named - The Gulf Times reports that the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), an initiative of Qatar Foundation (QF), announced the six winners of the WISE Awards 2010, including PI Director Neil Turok for the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI). |
| November 13, 2010 | Quirks & Quarks 35th Anniversary Special - To celebrate its 35th anniversary, CBC Radio's science program Quirks & Quarks produces a special program bringing together 10 Canadian scientists, representing 10 different fields of science, including PI Faculty member Lee Smolin. Each scientist discusses the extraordinary changes that have occurred in each of their fields since Quirks first went on the air in 1975. |
| November 3, 2010 | Quantum "weirdness" used by plants and animals - In advance of Seth Lloyd's PI Public Lecture, CBC News interviews him about his lecture topic, with a specific focus on how living things appear to exploit the oddities of quantum physics. |
| October 23, 2010 | The language of music and strings connect a scientist to the community - This installment of The Record's "Young Innovators" series features PI Postdoctoral Fellow Janet Hung, highlighting her work in string theory and her connection to the community. |
| October 11, 2010 | What happened before the big bang? - PI's Neil Turok, Lee Smolin, and Parampreet Singh are featured in this episode of BBC's Horizon. |
| October 11, 2010 | Moonlighting as a conjurer of chemicals - Inspired by the topic of the PI Public Lecture given by William R. Newman on October 6, Natalie Angier of The New York Times interviews Prof. Newman and others to explore Sir Isaac Newton's interest in alchemy. |
| September 28, 2010 | Google recognises African math centres as world-changing idea - This article from Africa: The Good News reports on the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) award of US$2 million as part of Google's Project 10100. |
| September 22, 2010 | Black strings: black holes with extra dimensions - This article from Live Science discusses black strings, highlighting the work of PI Associate Faculty member Luis Lehner and colleague Frans Pretorius of Princeton University, using a computer simulation to study how black strings would behave. |
| September 22, 2010 | Dimensions vanish in quantum gravity - This New Scientist article explores how tiny scales in 3D space may give way to mere lines. It highlights Renate Loll, a PI Distinguished Research Chair and Scientific Advisory Committee member, and her research in quantum gravity. |
| September 17, 2010 | Hey look: my month at the edge of the universe - In this blog posting, Paul Wells discusses his recent Maclean's magazine article on Perimeter Institute. |
| September 17, 2010 | Mind-bending mysteries at the Perimeter Institute - Following his four-week visit to Perimeter Institute, Maclean's magazine's Paul Wells offers an insider's look at PI in a feature article which appeared in the magazine's special "Rethink" issue. |
| September 14, 2010 | Where do we go from here? - In the special 30th anniversary issue of DISCOVER Magazine, Neil Turok is asked to share his hopes on where science could take us in the next 30 years. Professor Turok is joined by 10 other leading thinkers, such as Oliver Sacks, Ken Caldeira and PI Scientific Advisory Council member Brian Greene. |
| September 10, 2010 | Physicists investigate fate of five-dimensional black strings - PhysOrg.com publishes an article about Luis Lehner and Frans Pretorius' recent study in Physical Review Letters, describing the behaviour of five-dimensional black strings. |
| September 8, 2010 | Remarkable life - The Globe and Mail publishes a tribute piece to commemorate the remarkable life of Frank Von Zuben, a dear member of the PI Bistro team who passed away in April of this year. |
| August 24, 2010 | A great professor - In this editorial, The Record discusses how Lynn Watt made the Waterloo community a better place. |
| August 23, 2010 | Founding member of Perimeter Institute memorialized - Following Lynn Watt's memorial service at Perimeter Institute on August 21, The Record publishes a story to honour his exceptional life and accomplishments. |
| August 20, 2010 | Humble professor helped put Waterloo on the map - The Globe and Mail publishes a tribute piece to commemorate the extraordinary life of Lynn Watt, Founding Director Emeritus of PI, who passed away in July. |
| August 19, 2010 | Radiation could pinpoint black hole merger - CBC.ca publishes a feature about PI Associate Faculty member Luis Lehner and his colleagues' recently-published paper in Science related to merging black holes. |
| August 14, 2010 | Privately funded basic research flourishing at Perimeter - Nobel Laureate Bill Philips discusses the merits of basic research and Perimeter Institute on ABC's The Science Show with host Robyn Williams. |
| August 7, 2010 | The power of two - in this installment of its "Young Innovators" series, The Record features PI's Aninda Sinha, along with his wife and IQC researcher Urbasi Sinha. |
| August 5, 2010 | Heisenberg's uncertainty principle still certain - This posting on the Science News blog discusses a recent paper in Nature Physics by PI Postdoctoral Fellow Roger Colbeck and colleagues, relating to the uncertainty principle. |
| July 26, 2010 | African centres hope to produce top mathematicians - This article posted on SciDevNet discusses the soon-to-open African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) centre in Senegal and the Canadian investment in the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI). |
| July 23, 2010 | Triple-slit experiment confirms reality is quantum - This New Scientist article summarizes the significance of the results of a paper published in Science (Vol. 329 no. 5990 pp. 418-421) for which PI Associate Faculty member and IQC Executive Director Raymond Laflamme is a contributing author. |
| July 22, 2010 | Quantum theory survives its latest ordeal - Physicsworld.com publishes an article summarizing the results of a paper published in Science (Vol. 329 no. 5990 pp. 418-421) in which PI Associate Faculty member and IQC Executive Director Raymond Laflamme is a contributing author, and also quotes PI Senior Researcher Rafael Sorkin, who Laflamme credits with the idea for a triple slit experiment. |
| July 9, 2010 | Boosting science - This editorial in The Record discusses how the funding announcements made at Perimeter Institute on July 6, 2010 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, for the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI), will advance scientific knowledge in Canada and abroad. |
| July 8, 2010 | Canada aids search for the African Einstein - Physicsworld.com publishes an article about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's funding announcement for the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI). |
| July 6, 2010 | Brain Food II: Smart Aid for Africa - In his blog, Maclean's magazine senior columnist Paul Wells praises Prime Minister Stephen Harper's funding announcement for the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI), suggesting it may be "the smartest and boldest investment a Canadian government has made in development assistance in decades." |
| July 6, 2010 | Ottawa pledges $20 million for science education in Africa - This Globe and Mail article spotlights the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI), which will be supported in the amount of $20 million by the Government of Canada, as announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper on July 6, 2010 at Perimeter Institute. |
| July 6, 2010 | Canada gives $20 million to expand AIMS across Africa - TEDBlog reports on the Government of Canada's $20 million investment in support of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI) - the project mentioned in Neil Turok's TED wish. This blog post also features video footage from the announcement. |
| July 3, 2010 | Pint-sized physics fan meets hero Hawking on walk in Waterloo Park - The Record runs a feature on five-year-old Aidan Carmody and his chance encounter with Prof. Stephen Hawking in Waterloo Park, which led to Prof. Hawking thumbprinting books for the boy. |
| July 2, 2010 | Transforming Africa, one student at a time - In this op-ed piece in The Globe and Mail, PI Director Neil Turok recounts the stories of a sample of AIMS students and discusses the value of AIMS to the transformation of Africa and the world. |
| June 25, 2010 | The smartest guy in the room - Maclean's senior columnist Paul Wells discusses Prof. Stephen Hawking's June 20 lecture and his research visit to Perimeter Institute. |
| June 21, 2010 | Notable Canadians department - The presentation of "9 Billion People +1 Planet = ?" from PI's Quantum to Cosmos Festival is embedded in "The Book Bench" section of The New Yorker's website, alongside an article about Vaclav Smil and a comment by Bill Gates. |
| June 20, 2010 | Stephen Hawking gets rock star welcome at Canadian think tank - This Globe and Mail article discusses the taping of the "Hawking at the Perimeter" broadcast where Prof. Stephen Hawking displayed his determination in recounting his research, life and times. |
| June 18, 2010 | The man who proved Hawking wrong - This Record article features PI Associate Faculty member and IQC Executive Director Raymond Laflamme discussing his relationship with his PhD supervisor, Prof. Stephen Hawking. Laflamme describes how he disproved Prof. Hawking's theory about the arrow of time. |
| June 18, 2010 | Hawking's universe - In lead-up to the "Hawking at the Perimeter" broadcast on June 20, TVO's flagship current affairs program, The Agenda with Steve Paikan, hosts a panel of leading PI physicists, including PI Director Neil Turok, Faculty member Lee Smolin, and Associate Faculty member Raymond Laflamme, to discuss scientific contributions and influences. The panel discussion in its entirety can be viewed online at this link. |
| June 12, 2010 | Ball Construction begins first Gold Seal-managed project - The Daily Commercial News and Construction Record spotlights the building of the Stephen Hawking Centre at Perimeter Institute, undertaken as a Gold Seal-managed project, the first of its kind in the province. |
| June 11, 2010 | A brief history of Stephen Hawking's time in Waterloo - PI's Director Neil Turok is interviewed in The Globe and Mail about Stephen Hawking's visit to Perimeter Institute and Waterloo. |
| June 8, 2010 | The Perimeter's expanding universe - The day's editorial in The Record mentions Stephen Hawking's visit to Perimeter Institute and remarks on the Institute's rapid growth. |
| June 5, 2010 | Ontario institute finally gets Stephen Hawking - The Toronto Star announces that Stephen Hawking has arrived in Waterloo to visit Perimeter Institute, and discusses the significance of his research visit to Canada. |
| June 5, 2010 | Mr. Universe: Stephen Hawking has arrived in Waterloo Region - In this front page story, Greg Mercer of The Record interviews PI Director Neil Turok and discusses Stephen Hawking's visit to Perimeter Institute. |
| June 4, 2010 | Deep in thought: What is a law of physics, anyway? - George Musser, staff writer and editor for Scientific American, recounts some of the discussions from Perimeter Institute's conference entitled "Laws of Nature: Their Nature and Knowability," which he attended at the Institute from May 20 - 22. |
| May 27, 2010 | No longer just theoretical: Waterloo program gives the world's future theoretical physicists a boost - In this installment of The Record's "Young Innovators" series, PSI students Charlotte de Vries and Bruno Le Floch are profiled. |
| May 12, 2010 | The Perimeter Institute: A gold mine of brilliance and a Gold Seal-managed project - This article in Exchange magazine reports that the construction of the Stephen Hawking Centre at Perimeter Institute is a Gold Seal-managed project that is expected to meet LEED certification standards. |
| April 14, 2010 | "Waterloo on the radar of every business person," U.S. ambassador says - The article discusses U.S. ambassador to Canada Jacob Davidson's first visit to Waterloo Region, including his meeting with Perimeter Institute Director Neil Turok, tour of the Institute, and interest in the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences - Next Einstein Initiative (AIMS-NEI). |
| April 10, 2010 | The Science Show - Robyn Williams, host of ABC's (Australia) top science show visits Perimeter Institute to speak with Faculty members Lucien Hardy and Daniel Gottesman, Associate Faculty member Raymond Laflamme, Scientific Advisory Committee member Gerard Milburn, Visiting Researcher Chris Fuchs, Director of Communications and External Relations John Matlock and others about research at PI. |
| March 30, 2010 | Discovery Channel's Daily Planet - PI Director Neil Turok is interviewed by Daily Planet host Jay Ingram for a segment on the beginning of the universe. |
| March 30, 2010 | What Happened Before the Beginning? Through the Wormhole - PI Director Neil Turok discusses the cyclic universe in this episode of Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman. |
| March 30, 2010 | Galaxy-gazing project needs you - Perimeter Institute's April Public Lecture speaker Chris Lintott is profiled in this cover story in The Record. |
| March 20, 2010 | The next generation of great scientists is already working - here - This article by Lynn Haddrall, The Record's editor-in-chief, introduces the paper's "Young Innovators" series and praises Perimeter Institute for its accomplishments over the last 10 years. |
| March 20, 2010 | Looking for cosmic clues - PI Associate Faculty member Niayesh Afshordi and Postdoctoral Researcher Ghazal Geshnizjani are interviewed in the first installment of The Record's "Young Innovators" series. The series, written by Rose Simone, profiles young researchers working in Waterloo. |
| March 17, 2010 | Tales from the quantum frontier - In his Cosmic Log on the MSNBC site, Alan Boyle discusses the latest research in quantum information, and includes mention of PI's Quantum Tamers documentary. |
| February 11, 2010 | Developing minds - This article in the Ottawa Citizen reports on Neil Turok's lecture at the University of Ottawa. The presentation, entitled "The Next Einstein Initiative", focused on building scientific capacity in Africa, and was the 4th Annual David Makow Lecture on Tolerance and Intolerance. It also aired on CPAC and is archived for future viewing on the CPAC website. |
| January 2010 | Summer school inspires student - An article by past International Summer School for Young Physicists (ISSYP) student David Lloyd appears in the Institute of Physics journal Physics Education. |
| January 1, 2010 | Decoding the decade: nation builder – innovation - PI founder Mike Lazaridis and his RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie are named in the Globe and Mail’s list of "Nation Builders" for their business acumen and philanthropic efforts. |
