The Bennett-McWilliams Lecture Series
The Bennett-McWilliams Lecture Series is funded by our alumni Fred Bennett (S ’86) and Bruce McWilliams (S ’78, ’81). "We thank Fred Bennett and Bruce McWilliams for helping us to bring the world's leading cosmologists to Carnegie Mellon to interact with and inspire our faculty and students," said Buhl Professor of Theoretical Physics Fred Gilman at the inaugural lecture in 2013. Internationally recognized scientists are invited to give a public lecture on a topic of current interest in cosmology. The lectures are geared towards a broad audience.
Past Lectures
Bennett-McWilliams Lecture, Fall 2017:
Dan Akerib
Stanford University
Do WIMPs Rule?
Bennett-McWilliams Lecture, Spring 2016:
Lars Hernquist
Harvard University
Next-Generation Cosmological Simulations: Galaxy Assembly and Evolution
Bennett-McWilliams Lecture, Fall 2014:
Neta A. Bahcall
Princeton University
Lighting up the Dark: Where is the Dark Matter?
Bennett-McWilliams Lecture, Spring 2014:
David Spergel
Princeton University
Taking the Universe's Baby Picture
Bennett-McWilliams Lecture, Fall 2013:
Alan Guth
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Inflationary Cosmology: Is Our Universe Part of a Multiverse?
