Science Outreach

• I am a co-principal investigator on cosmic connections,a $600,000 grant under the Internships in Public Science Education program of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate of the National Science Foundation. With this grant we have developed a set of permanent cosmology exhibits in collaboration with the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology (MoST) in Syracuse.
  
• I am one of the founders and organizers of Cafe Scientifique Sycracuse, a monthly gathering of scientists and, more importantly, interested members of the public, to discuss current topics in science.
  
• I am the founder and current organizer of Saturday Morning Physics, a series of public lectures on contemporary topics in modern physics.
  
• With Don Marolf I am mentoring a high school student, John Best, on a 3-year project on early universe cosmology.
  
• I was involved in a High School mentoring program with Hathaway Brown school. My three students completed a web page on the cosmic microwave background as part of their learning about the early universe.