{"id":19060,"date":"2024-01-22T17:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T22:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/?page_id=19060"},"modified":"2024-06-05T16:21:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T20:21:51","slug":"janna-levin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/khc\/academics-community\/co-curriculars\/past-co-curricular-events\/janna-levin\/","title":{"rendered":"Janna Levin, Person-in-Residence"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kilachand Honors College Person-in-Residence for Spring 2024 is Dr. Janna Levin, cosmologist, author, and professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University. You can read her full bio below.<\/p>\n

Browse the drop-down boxes below to learn more about each event. The lecture event on Monday evening is open to the broader BU community, while the breakfast on Tuesday morning is reserved for students.<\/p>\n

Black Hole Survival Guide: An Evening with Janna Levin<\/h4>
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Date & Time:<\/strong> Monday, February 12, 2024
5:30-7 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: College of Arts & Sciences, Astronomy Auditorium, Room 522
(725 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215)<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Description:<\/strong> Join us for an absorbing keynote where Janna Levin will speak on ideas from black holes, to creativity, to the union of art and science, and show the audience just how far science has come\u2014and where it\u2019s headed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Attendance: <\/strong>Admission is free but seats are limited; a reservation will ensure a place: <\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong>
(For Kilachand Honors College Students)<\/em> The first 50 Kilachand students to register and arrive at the event will get a signed copy of one of Janna Levin’s books!<\/span> <\/span>At the event, a QR will be posted for you to check-in. You must check-in to earn co-curricular attendance credit for this event.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Student Breakfast & Discussion with Janna Levin<\/h4>
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Date & Time:<\/strong> Tuesday, February 13, 2024
8-9:30 am<\/p>\n

Location<\/strong>: Center for Computing & Data Sciences, 17th Floor, Conference Center
(665 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215)<\/span><\/p>\n

Event Description:<\/strong> \u00a0Join Janna Levin for breakfast and a conversation about her work and space.<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Attendance: <\/strong>You can register for this event in advance on Handshake\u00a0<\/span>here<\/strong><\/a>.
(For Kilachand Honors College Students)<\/em> At the event, a QR will be posted for you to check-in. You must check-in to earn co-curricular attendance credit for this event.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Learn more about Janna Levin<\/h4>
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Janna Levin is a gifted author, cosmologist, and Guggenheim Fellow whose latest book, Black Hole Survival Guide, offers a glimpse into \u201cone of the oddest and most intriguing topics in astrophysics\u201d(Kirkus Reviews). Accompanied by original artwork from painter and photographer Lia Halloran, the book is at once authoritative and accessible\u2014allowing scientists and non-scientists alike to better understand the wonder of the cosmos. Levin writes with a striking, intelligent prose about everything from relativity and quantum mechanics, to the solar system and the Milky Way. Her earlier book Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space, which was named one of Kirkus\u2019 best non-fiction books of 2016, provided a fascinating history of the Nobel-Prize winning pursuit to detect gravitational waves: the holy grail of modern cosmology, otherwise known as the soundtrack of the universe. \u201cIf what we witnessed before was a silent movie, Levin says, \u201cgravitational waves turn our universe into a talkie.\u201d Intelligent, illuminating, and wildly entertaining, Levin\u2019s talks are a brilliant introduction to cosmic phenomena that shapes our universe.<\/p>\n

Her debut book, How the Universe Got Its Spots, fused geometry, topology, chaos and string theory to show how the pattern of hot and cold spots left over from the big bang may one day help reveal the true size and shape of the universe. Her next book, A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines, bridged fiction and nonfiction to tell a strange story of coded secrets, psychotic delusions, mathematical truth, and age-old lies. Most recently she hosted Black Hole Apocalypse, for a special episode of PBS\u2019s Nova\u2014the first female presenter of a Nova show in 35 years.<\/p>\n

Levin is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University. Her scientific research concerns the early universe, chaos and black holes. Her book A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines won the PEN\/Bingham Fellowship for Writers which \u201chonors an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work \u2026 represents distinguished literary achievement.\u201d It was also a runner-up for the PEN\/Hemingway award for \u201ca distinguished book of first fiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Levin has worked at the Center for Particle Astrophysics (CfPA) at UC Berkeley, the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at Cambridge University and the Ruskin School of Fine Art and Drawing at Oxford University, where she won an award from the National Endowment for Science, Technology, and Arts. Levin holds a BA in Physics and Astronomy from Barnard College with a concentration in Philosophy, and a PhD from MIT in Physics. She was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 2012.<\/p>\n

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See more from Janna Levin<\/h4>
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Janna Levin’s profile on The Lavin Agency<\/a><\/p>\n

Janna Levin’s website\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch “A 9-minute journey inside a black hole”<\/a><\/p>\n

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