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  • DAI Heidelberg: "Dunkle Materie und Dinosaurier,"Heidelberg, Germany. Jul. 2016.
  • Aspen Ideas Festival: "Deep Dive: Space--Why We Explore," Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, CO. Jun. 2016.
  • Aspen Ideas Festival: "Spacetime Ripples and Einstein's Legacy," Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, CO. Jun. 2016.
  • Aspen Ideas Festival: "Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs," Aspen Ideas Festival, Aspen, CO. Jun. 2016.
  • Tokyo University Public Lecture: "Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs," KAVLI Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, Tokyo, Japan. Jun. 2016
  • Korea University Public Lecture: "Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs," Korea University, Seoul, Korea. Jun. 2016
  • Niels Bohr Lecture: "Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs," Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institutet, Copenhagen, Denmark. Jun. 2016
  • Science & Cocktails: "Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs," Niels Bohr Institutet, Københavns Universitet, Copenhagen, Denmark. Jun. 2016
  • Shaking up the Dark Universe: World Science Festival, New York City, New York. Jun. 2016

  • Science and Story Cafe: World Science Festival, New York City, New York. Jun. 2016

  • 56th Cherwell Simon Lecture: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe,” Oxford University, Oxford, UK. May 2016.
  • Ciudad de las Ideas, Origins of the Future: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe,” Expo Guadalajara, Jalisco, MX. Apr. 2016.
  • Geneva Leadership Exchange: “Lessons on Leadership from the Scientific World,” UN System Staff College, Geneva, CH. Apr. 2016.
  • 2016 American Physical Society April Meeting: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe,” American Physical Society, Salt Lake City, Utah. Apr. 2016.
  • The Writers House: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” Merrimack College, North Andover, MA. Apr. 2016.
  • Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: “Is the Universe a Simulation?,” American Museum of Natural History, New York City, NY. Apr. 2016.
  • The Francis Crick Lecture: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” Salk University, La Jolla, CA. Mar. 2016.
  • Nambu Memorial Symposium: “A 750 GeV Scalar: Sign of Strong Dynamics?/Bulk RS,” The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Mar. 2016.
  • The Royal Institution: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe,” London, UK. Jan. 2016.
  • How to Academy: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe,” London, UK. Jan. 2016.
  • York Science Forum, Inaugural Lecture: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” York University, Toronto, Canada. Dec. 2015.
  • Science Up Close: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” Books and Books, Coral Gables, FL. Dec. 2015.
  • Frontier Series: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” Hayden Planetarium, New York City, NY. Dec. 2015.
  • Science Salon: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” The Skeptics Society, Altadena, CA. Nov. 2015.
  • Bookshop Santa Cruz: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” Santa Cruz, CA. Nov. 2015.
  • Arts & Ideas: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” JCCSF, San Francisco, CA. Nov. 2015.
  • Chicago Public Library and Illinois Science Council: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” Chicago, IL. Nov. 2015.
  • Free Library of Philadelphia: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 2015.
  • Tattered Cover: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” Denver, CO. Nov. 2015.
  • Live Talks LA, with Walter Kirn: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” Santa Monica, CA. Nov. 2015.
  • New Roads High School: Q&A, Santa Monica, CA. Nov. 2015.
  • Town Hall Seattle: “How Dark Matter Killed the Dinosaurs,” Seattle, WA. Nov. 2015.
  • Brattle Theater: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe,” Harvard Bookstore, Cambridge, MA. Oct. 2015.
  • Politics and Prose: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe,” Washington, D.C.. Oct. 2015.
  • 92Y: “Lisa Randall and Bill Nye the Science Guy,” New York City, NY. Oct. 2015.
  • Boston Book Festival: “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe,” Trinity Sanctuary, Boston, MA.. Oct. 2015.
  • Invisibles 15 Workshop: Invisibles Meets Visibles “Outreach: Extra Dimensions,” Instituto de Fisica Teorica, Madrid, Spain. Jun. 2015.
  • Cambridge Science Festival: “Speaking of Einstein” Cambridge, MA, Apr. 2015
  • James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World” Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, Mar. 2015
  • Sydney Ideas: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World,” University of Sydney, NSW, Australia, Dec. 2014
  • 16th Global Edition of the Women In Leadership (WIL) Economic Forum 2014: Gender Parity, Women’s Empowerment, Diversity and Inclusion. How Women in STEM Fields Can Thrive, Dubai, UAE, Nov. 2014.
  • Fields and Strings Seminar: “Decoupling of High Dimension Operators from the Low Energy Sector in Holographic Models,” Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat, Muchen, Germany, Sept. 2014
  • Curiosity Retreats 2014: “Discovering Cosmology & Particle Physics,” Gateway, CO, May/Jun. 2014
  • Furman Engaged! Series: “Religion and Science in the Modern World,” Furman University, Greenville, SC, Apr. 2014
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Distinguished Lectures in Mathematical and Physical Sciences: “Dark Matter and the Invisible Universe,” National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, Apr. 2014
  • Dialog: 2014,Mar. 2014
  • UCSB Arts & Lectures Series: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World,” University of California, Santa Barbara, Mar. 2014
  • Kalvi IPMU: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door,” University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 2014
  • Princeton, Louis Clark Vanuxem Public Lecture: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door,” Princeton University, NJ, Nov. 2013
  • The New Yorker Book Festival, Panel: “The God Particle: Hunting the Higgs Boson,” New York, Oct. 2013
  • Arcana Festival for New Music: “Interview with Peter Oswald,” Helmut List Halle Graz, Austria, Aug. 2013
  • Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics: “Double Disk Dark Matter,” Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany, Aug. 2013
  • Aspen Ideas Festival: “Expanding Our Horizons: Matter, Space, and the Universe,” Colorado, Jun. 2013
  • GIFRE, El Celler de Can Roca Operatic Dinner: (CCR + A). X= “el somni” (“The Dream”), (A multidisciplinarian opera project, merging art and culinary works in twelve acts), Barcelona, Spain, May 2013 [video]

  • Guy Stanton Ford Lectureship Program: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World,” University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Apr. 2013
  • Peyton Rhodes Lecture: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: An Evening with Dr. Lisa Randall,” Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, Apr. 2013
  • Convocation Series: “An Evening with Dr. Lisa Randall,” Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, Apr. 2013
  • 2013 American Physical Society April Meeting: “American Science and America’s Future,” Denver, CO, Apr. 2013
  • 2012 AIP Andrew Gemant Award Lecture: “Truth and Beauty and Other Scientific Misconceptions,” University of Denver, Colorado, Apr. 2013
  • Celebrating Einstein: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World,” Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, Mar. 2013
  • Credit Suisse: New York, NY, Mar. 2013
  • STS Science and Democracy Lecture and Panel Discussion with Sir Paul Nurse: “Making Science Work,” Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Feb. 2013 [video]

  • AAAS 2013 Annual Meeting: “What is Dark Matter?” Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, Feb. 201
  • AAAS 2013 Annual Meeting: Writing About Science for the Public: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe,” Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, Feb. 2013
  • 2013 Beyond Annual Lecture: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Science Illuminates the Universe,” Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, Feb. 2013
  • Sundance Film Festival: Judge, Sloan Foundation Prize Panel, Park City, UT, Jan. 2013
  • Exchanges at the Frontier: London, UK, Dec. 2012 [video]

  • Lexington Community Education: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: An Evening with Lisa Randall,” Lexington, MA, Dec. 2012
  • Los Angeles Public Library: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World,” Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 2012
  • La Ciudad de las Ideas es un Festival Internacional de Mentes Brillantes: “Dimensiones Sin Limites—Lisa Randall en CDIdeas,” Puebla, Mexico, Nov. 2012
  • Google Zeitgeist Americas 2012: Paradise Valley, AZ, Oct. 2012
  • Genoa Book Fair: Genoa, Italy, Oct. 2012
  • Ensemble Studio Theatre/Sloan Foundation Science and Technology Project Artist Cultivation Event: New York, NY, Sept. 2012 [video]

  • Kavli Prize: Sept. 2012
  • Idea Festival: Louisville, KY, Sept. 2012
  • WWW Conference: Intellectual Jazz, organized by Richard Saul Wurman, creator and director, “Lisa Randall & Scott Bolton: Science You Can’t See,” Redlands, CA, Sept. 2012
  • Science Without Limits Symposium: Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, Sept. 2012
  • Science, Technology and Policy Forum: National Academy of Sciences, Sept. 2012
  • The 2012 Heinz R. Pagles Public Lecture Series: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World,” Aspen Center for Physics, Colorado, Aug. 2012 [video]
  • Euroscience Open Forum 2012: Keynote Address, Dublin, Ireland, July 2012
  • Yellowstone Group: Bozeman, MT, July 2012
  • Hans A. Bethe Lecture: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door,” Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, May 2012
  • Hunter College: Great Thinkers Series, May 2012
  • Einstein Forum: Potsdam, Germany, Apr. 2012
  • National Science and Engineering Book Fair: Washington, D.C., Apr. 2012
  • Space Foundation: Colorado Springs, CO, Apr. 2012
  • Radcliffe Institute: San Francisco, CA, Apr. 2012
  • Radcliffe Institute: Palo Alto, CA, Apr. 2012
  • Chapman University: “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World,” Orange, CA, Mar. 2012
  • Presidential Speaker Series: Rhode Island School of Design, Feb. 2012
  • Class of ’37 Directed Studies Colloquium: “Scaling the Universe,” Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University: New Haven, CT, Feb. 2012
  • DLD12: Munich, Germany, Jan. 2012
  • AAAS DoSER Holiday Lecture: Dec. 21, 2011
  • Harvard Bookstore (with Brattle Theatre): Cambridge, MA, Nov. 8, 2011
  • Chicago Public Library: Chicago, IL, Nov. 1, 2011
  • Tattered Cover Bookstore: Denver, CO, Oct. 27, 2011
  • Compass Summit: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, Oct. 25, 2011
  • Royal Society of Arts (with Blackwell’s): London, UK, Oct. 18, 2011 (audio)

  • Bristol Festival: Oct. 17, 2011
  • Cheltenham Literature Festival: Cheltenham, UK, Oct. 16, 2011
  • Boston Book Festival: Boston, MA, Oct. 15, 2011
  • Town Hall Seattle: Seattle Science Lectures, Seattle, WA, Oct. 12, 2011
  • The Linus Pauling Memorial Lectures: (with Powell’s Bookstore), Oct. 11, 2011
  • The Skeptics Society: (with California Institute of Technology), Oct. 10, 2011
  • Griffith Observatory: All Space Considered Series, Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 7, 2011
  • San Francisco Jewish Community Center: San Francisco, CA, Oct. 5, 2011
  • Book Passage: (Corte Madera, CA), Oct. 4, 2011
  • 92Y: New York City, NY, Oct. 2, 2011
  • Minneapolis Public Library: Talk of the Stacks, Sept. 29, 2011
  • Philadelphia Free Library: Sept. 2011
  • Boston Museum of Science: Lowell First Friday Lecture Series, Sept. 21, 2011
  • Politics and Prose: Sept. 20, 2011
  • American Museum of Natural History: Distinguished Author Lecture Series, Sept. 19, 2011
  • Forstmann Little Aspen Conference: Sept. 2011
  • Ars Electronica: Linz, Austria, Sept. 2011
  • AAAS Annual Meeting: String Theory and New Physics, Washington, D.C., Feb. 2011
  • Harvard Thinks Big II: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Feb. 2011
  • Rome Science Festival: Il Lontano Destino Finale Della Terra, Rome, Italy, Jan. 2011
  • Artisphere, Creative Collaboration Between Art and Science: A Discussion with Lia Halloran, Dr. Lisa Randall & Big Prototype, Arlington, VA, Nov. 2010
  • Techonomy Opening Panel: “Popular Techonomy: Can the World Be Turned in a Techonomic Direction?” Tahoe, CA, Aug. 2010
  • Thirteen Forum/New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)/ATLAS: Pop-Up Particle Physics from the Large Hadron Collider, May 2010
  • Cambridge Science Festival: Big Ideas for Busy People, Apr. 2010
  • Cambridge Forum 2010, Marcia Bartusiak and Lisa Randall: "Science and Creativity," Apr. 2010
  • Erna Hamburger Prize Lecture 2010: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne/WISH Foundation, “Warped Passages: My Experience in Physics,” Lausanne, Switzerland, Mar. 2010
  • Talk: Hypermusic: Ascension, Guggenheim Museum, New York, panel discussion with Hector Parra and Matthew Ritchie, Mar. 2010.
  • 92Y: "Giants of Science" series, moderated by Robert Krulwich, Mar. 2010
  • U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology on: “Investigating the Nature of Matter, Energy, Space, and Time,” (Randall testimony), Washington, D.C., Oct. 2009
  • 2009 Global Creative Leadership Summit: New York City, NY, Sept. 2009
  • Adventures of the Mind: Princeton, NJ, Aug. 2009
  • Whitney Museum: Whitney Museum of American Art Panel on Creativity: Does Art Matter Now? Moderated by Peter Galison, with Artist Vik Muniz, Physicist Lisa Randall, Pollster of fivethirtyeight.com Nate Silver, and Choreographer Elizabeth Streb, Jun. 2009
  • 2009 Benjamin Franklin Creativity Laureate interview with Michael Turner: The Smithsonian Associates and the Creativity Foundation, Apr. 2009
  • 2009 Joseph Lannutti Lecturer (Origins ’09): Florida State University, Mar. 2009
  • 2009 IEEE Aerospace Conference: Big Sky, Montana, Mar. 2009
  • Presidential Lecture: University of Tulsa, Feb. 2009
  • 2008 Chicago Humanities Festival: Chicago, IL, Oct. 2008
  • Young Women's Leadership Charter School: Chicago, IL, Oct. 2008
  • 2008 Global Creative Leadership Summit: New York, Sept. 2008 (pdf)

  • GE Leading and Learning: Influence and Impact, Ossining, NY, May 2008
  • Milken Global Conference: Los Angeles, CA, Apr. 2008 [slides]
  • Utah Symposium in Science and Literature: Salt Lake City, UT, Feb. 2008
  • DLD (Digital, Life, Design) Conference: Munich, Germany, Jan. 2008
  • World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2008: Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 2008
  • E.W. Guptill Memorial Lecture: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Oct. 2007
  • 2007 Global Creative Leadership Summit: Metropolitan Club, New York, NY, Sept. 2007
  • University of Tokyo: Koshiba Hall, Tokyo, Japan, July 2007
  • 2007 American Crystallographic Association Meeting: Salt Lake City, UT, July 2007
  • Strings 07: Auditorium of the BBVA Foundation, Instituto de Fisica Teorica (IFT-UAM/CSIC), Madrid, Spain, June 2007
  • IdeaCity07: Toronto, Canada, June 2007
  • University of Antwerp: Antwerp, Belgium, Apr. 2007
  • 2007 American Association of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting: Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., Apr. 2007
  • 2007 Case Western Reserve University's Distinguished Lecture: Cleveland, OH, Mar. 2007
  • Gamov Memorial Lecture Series: University of Colorado, Boulder, Mar. 2007
  • Dr. James Borland Convocation Speaker Series: Adrian College, Adrian, MI, Mar. 2007
  • J. James Woods Lecture Series: Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, Mar. 2007
  • Joseph and Sophia Konopinski Memorial Lecture: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Mar. 2007
  • William C. Ferguson Science Lecture: Washington University, Feb. 2007
  • Light in Winter Festival: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Jan. 2007
  • 2006 Cultural Life Lecture Series: Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI, Dec. 2006
  • SEED Inspiration Festival: New York, NY, Dec. 2006
  • Syracuse Symposium 2006: Syracuse University, NY, Nov. 2006
  • Global Creative Leadership Summit: New York, NY, Nov. 2006
  • Genoa Science Festival: Genoa, Italy, Nov. 2006
  • Albert Einstein Institute Forum: Potsdam, Germany, Nov. 2006
  • New England Conservatory 's Presidential Lecture Series: Boston, MA, Oct. 2006
  • Friday Forum: Warped Passages, Harvard Book Store, Cambridge, MA, Oct. 2006
  • Fermilab Lecture Series: Batavia, IL, Oct. 2006
  • Ann Radcliffe Lecture: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Sept. 2006
  • Second World Conference on the Future of Science: Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice, Italy, Sept. 2006
  • COPEA Lecture Series: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 2006
  • APPT Klopsteg Memorial Lecture Award: Syracuse University, NY, Jul. 2006
  • Warped Passages at Authors@Google: Google Inc., Palo Alto, CA, Jul. 2006
  • Festival of the Fourth Dimension: Sophia Antipolis Côte d’Azur, France, Jun. 2006
  • 54th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry: Seattle, WA, May 2006
  • Town Hall Seattle Science Lecture Series: Seattle, WA, May 2006
  • American Physical Society April Meeting 2006: “An Evening of String Theory and Cosmology,” Dallas, TX, Apr. 2006
  • Texas A&M University Public Lecture Series: College Station, TX, Apr. 2006
  • Kent State University Artist Lecture Series: Kent, OH, Apr. 2006
  • 2006 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: American Museum of Natural History, New York, Mar. 2006
  • University of Wisconsin Distinguished Scholars Lectures: Whitewater, WI, Mar. 2006
  • Perimeter Institute Public Lecture Series: Waterloo, Canada, Mar. 2006
  • TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) 2006 Conference: Monterey, CA, Feb. 2006
  • CalTech Skeptics Distinguished Lecture Series: Pasadena, CA, Feb. 2006
  • Adler Planetarium Freaky Friday Series: Chicago, IL, Feb. 2006
  • Columbia University and Ivy League Alumni Associations of Chicago: Chicago, IL, Feb. 2006
  • Lawrence University Convocation Series: Jan. 2006
  • High Energy Frontier Theory Initiative Public Lecture: UC Davis, Jan. 2006
  • Science Center Research Lectures: Harvard University, Cambridge, Dec. 2005
  • New Views of the Universe Inaugural Symposium: The Kavli Institute, Chicago, IL, Dec. 2005
  • International Lecture Series: XXIII Solvay Conference in Physics, Brussels, Belgium, Dec. 2005
  • 2005 Lecturology Series: Museum of Science, Boston, MA, Nov. 2005
  • Honors Program Lecture 2005: Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL, Nov. 2005
  • UC Santa Cruz Arts and Lectures: Celebrating 100th Anniversary of Einstein's Theory of Relativity, CA, Nov. 2005
  • IDEAS Boston 2005: Boston, MA, Oct. 2005
  • New York Public Library: Science, Industry and Business Library, New York, Oct. 2005
  • Hayden Space Theater: American Museum of Natural History, New York, Oct. 2005
  • Smithsonian Resident Associate Program: Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C., Sept. 2005
  • The Heinz R. Pagels Memorial Public Lectures: Aspen Center for Physics, Aspen, CO, Aug. 2005
  • Adventures of the Mind: Palo Alto, CA, Aug. 2005
  • University of Queensland Public Lecture Series: Brisbane, Australia, Aug. 2005
  • Copeland Theatre: University of Melbourne, Australia, Aug. 2005
  • University of Technology: University of Sydney, Australia, Aug. 2005
  • Cheltenham Festival of Science: Cheltenham, UK, Jun. 2005
  • Royal Institution: London, UK, Jun. 2005
  • The Kirkland/Spizuoco Memorial Science Lecture Series: Shippensburg University, PA, Apr. 2005
  • Littleton-Franklin Lecture in Sciences and Humanities: at Auburn University, AL, Nov. 2004
  • MIT Gender Equity Conference: Washington, D.C., Apr. 2004
  • University of Rome: Italy, Apr. 2003
  • Siemens-Westinghouse Science Competition Keynote Speaker: Washington, D.C., Dec. 2000
  • Aspen Public Lecture: Aspen, CO, Aug. 2000