{"id":28287,"date":"2019-02-13T13:05:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T18:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=28287"},"modified":"2024-07-02T17:10:33","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T17:10:33","slug":"freylecture-kipthorne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=28287","title":{"rendered":"Nobel laureate Kip Thorne to speak on black holes, time travel and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/02\/KST-TanShirtSmile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-28289\" src=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/02\/KST-TanShirtSmile.jpg\" alt=\"Kip Thorne\" width=\"174\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a>Theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize winner Kip Thorne\u00a0is the 2019 Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor and will speak on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus on Thursday, Feb. 21.<\/p>\n<p>His lecture, \u201cMy Romance with the Warped Side of the Universe: From Black Holes and Wormholes to Time Travel and Gravitational Waves\u201d will take place at 5:30 p.m. in Memorial Hall. The lecture is free, open to the public and intended for lay audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Thorne was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017, along with Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish, for their contributions to the observation of gravitational waves. Thorne was also executive producer on Christopher Nolan\u2019s 2014 film\u00a0<em>Interstellar<\/em>, where he served as a scientific consultant. He is known for his ability to explain complex scientific topics to non-scientists.<\/p>\n<p>The Frey Lecture is part of the A Constellation of Cosmos Events at Carolina, sponsored jointly by the College of Arts &amp; Sciences with the <a href=\"http:\/\/moreheadplanetarium.org\/\">Morehead Planetarium and Science Center<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/playmakersrep.org\/\">PlayMakers Repertory Company<\/a>. Selected events include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sunday, Feb. 17:<\/strong>\u00a0Free screening of\u00a0<em>Interstellar<\/em>. See the time- and space travel film in which Kip Thorne served as scientific adviser. 2 p.m., Varsity Theatre.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Friday, Feb. 22:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/moreheadplanetarium.org\/charlieduke\">An Evening with Astronaut Charlie Duke<\/a>. Morehead Planetarium hosts one of the 12 astronauts to walk on the moon. 7:00 p.m., Sonja Haynes Stone Center. Purchase tickets at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/moreheadplanetarium.org\/charlieduke\">moreheadplanetarium.org<\/a>.\u00a0<strong>SOLD OUT.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Feb. 27-March 17:<\/strong>\u00a0PlayMakers Repertory Company presents\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/playmakersrep.org\/show\/galileo\/\">Life of Galileo<\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Bertolt Brecht, adapted by Joseph Discher and directed by Vivienne Benesch. Purchase tickets at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/playmakersrep.org\/\">playmakersrep.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information and events can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/college.unc.edu\/frey\">college.unc.edu\/frey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cosmos events are supported by the Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor Fund. The Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professorship\u00a0is one of the highest honors bestowed\u00a0by the College of Arts &amp; Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill to distinguished public leaders. <a href=\"https:\/\/freyevent.unc.edu\/past-frey-events\/\">Past speakers<\/a>\u00a0include\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freyevent.unc.edu\/nina-totenberg\/\">Nina Totenberg<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/freyevent.unc.edu\/past-frey-events\/past-zakaria\/\">Fareed Zakaria<\/a>,\u00a0E.L. Doctorow, Ted Turner, Alice Walker and Christine Todd Whitman. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the lecture, with journalist Sidney Rittenberg &#8217;41 as the inaugural speaker in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Alumnus David Gardner Frey, BA \u201964, JD \u201967, is chairman of the Frey Foundation and a longtime supporter of UNC\u2019s College of Arts\u00a0&amp; Sciences.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kip Thorne&#8217;s lecture, \u201cMy Romance with the Warped Side of the Universe: From Black Holes and Wormholes to Time Travel and Gravitational Waves\u201d will take place on Feb. 21 at 5:30 p.m. in Memorial 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