FOEP at April Meeting 2016

At the FOEP sponsored session at the April APS meeting in Salt Lake City, three invited speakers gave presentations. Prof. Thomas Hertog, from the University of Leuven in Belgium, who is an internationally renowned cosmologist and collaborator of Stephen Hawking, talked about the origin of our universe, from Quantum to Cosmos. Dr. Rolf Landua, who is the head of education and outreach at CERN, discussed CERN’s approach to public outreach. Finally, Prof. Alice Bean, a particle physicist from University of Kansas, talked about her recent experience as a Jefferson Science Fellow with the U.S. Department of State and engaging the public on climate change issues.

Contributed by: Alice Bean