Media

The items are listed in reverse chronological order.

Interview with Anna Maria Tremonti of CBC Radio One show The Current; giving some perspective on LHC [09May'07] [listen to part3.ram]

Interview on CBC Radio One show The Current; upholding the honour of string theory in the face of popular-book criticism [21Nov'06]
Subject of page-width picture, accompanying article The big idea that won’t die by Jim Cline, in Ottawa Citizen newspaper [23Oct'06]

Interview “When she’s not organizing international conferences, mentoring students, and teaching general relativity, Amanda Peet works to understand string theory”, by Dan Falk, Astronomy.com online feature [08Dec'05]
Quotes in weekend feature articles “Reading the mind of God” , by Ian MacLeod, Ottawa Citizen [19Nov'05]
Co-authorship of lead article “Big Questions All Wrapped Up In Small Packages”, by Amanda Peet and Pekka Sinervo, idea&s, UofT Faculty of Arts and Science magazine (for alums, donors, etc.), [Nov'05]
Quote in article Lacking Hard Data, Theorists Try Democracy, by Dennis Overbye, New York Times [02Aug'05]
Appearance in TV item on big questions in science, featuring Strings’05 conference I co-organized at UofT – aired on CBC The National flagship evening news program [14Jul'05]
Featured presenter (taped for TV) at ideaCity 2005 conference [22Jun'05].
Profile in article “For She’s a Jolly Good Fellow (or Associate)”, Trinity magazine [Spring'05].
Expert panellist addressing Why Einstein Matters, for a public forum at York U. on 9th March 2005, broadcast in its entirety on Quirks and Quarks, CBC Radio One , 12:06-13:00 EST [12Mar'05].
Appearance in TV news item on Toronto chapter of Skeptics Society , on Canada Now, CBC’s nightly news program [21Feb'05].

Quotes from interview for Dan Falk’s award-winning piece In the Beginning, aired on Ideas, CBC Radio One, 9pm [29Sep'04].
House guest [live!] on the afternoon show Here and Now, hosted by Matt Galloway, CBC Radio One Toronto, 4-6pm [15sep'04].
Interview on CBC Radio One Toronto Metro Morning, by Mary Wiens, in her series on Researchers putting Toronto on the map, 6:40am [15Sep'04].
Interview in CBC Radio Saskatchewan special Gallery special, “The River of Time”, aired June 19/20 [Jun'04].
Initiator, host and primary organizer for high-profile Toronto Physics colloquium by Nobel Laureate Douglas D. Osheroff on Understanding the Columbia Shuttle Accident [22Jan'04]

Interview in PBS NOVA Peabody and Emmy award-winning TV documentary “The Elegant Universe” , first aired on PBS Oct 28 at 8-10pm and Nov 4 at 9-10pm [Oct-Nov'03] ; video etc. available on the NOVA show web site.
Quotes in New Scientist magazine cover story The truth about time travel , by Ivan Semeniuk [20Sep'03] .
Profile [group] in Radcliffe Quarterly magazine article “The Universe as They Know It” [Spring'03].
Profile in Edge, UofT research, scholarship and innovation magazine : Why, why, why? (Next Generation), [Spring'03 ].
Mention in Scientific American magazine article Black holes and the information paradox , by L.Susskind, in “Ubertheory” section of special issue “Edge of Physics” [Spring'03].
Mention in University of Toronto magazine article The Big Picture , by Dan Falk [Winter'03].

Profile [group] in Harvard Magazine: A Cluster of (Scholarly) Stars , Radcliffe Institute / Harvard University [Nov-Dec'02].
Front-page newspaper interview in the Vancouver Sun: Physicists push theories of the universe to the edge (Extreme physics and sequential patterns: Meet two generations of whiz-kids) [18Jun'02].
Mention in ISI Special Topics online article “Branes” , an interview of Prof. Igor R. Klebanov [May'02]
Listing in University of Toronto newspaper Bulletin Awards and Honours, March 2002 [02Mar'02]
Quotes in National Post newspaper article Pulling the Right Strings [23Jan'02].
Profile [brief] in popular book “Universe on a T-shirt” , by Dan Falk, ISBN 0670043354 [2002].

Profile in CIAR Reach magazine cover story A New Wave: CIAR Welcomes a New Generation of Top Young Women Scientists [(Northern)Fall'01].
Radio interview on CBC radio Quirks and Quarks award-winning piece “It’s About Time! Inside the Fourth Dimension” [08Sep'01] [recorded from the studios of Aspen Public Radio KJAX].
Quotes in New York Times newspaper articles In Aspen, Physics on a High Plane (front page of Science section) [28Aug'01]; see also An Online Archive With Mountain Roots [28Aug'01]; and birthday party.
Profile in New Zealand Education Review magazine, A Drained Brain [13Jul'01].
Profile [group] in Auckland Alumni Association Magazine cover story Drained Brains [(Southern)Summer'01].

Media release “Working Conditions, Not Taxes, Keep Expatriate Researchers Away” [16Nov'99].
Quote in Nature magazine article Opposition Pledges to Increase New Zealand Science Budget [Nov'99].
Involvement with Santa Barbara NewsPress article on Strings’98

Quote in Stanford Today newspaper article “Far Fewer Sleepless Nights” [Sep-Oct'96].
Listing in Stanford news release “Grad students honoured for teaching abilities” [28Jun'94].