Our research often captures the imagination and attention of the general public. Here are a few links to stories about our research in the public media.

Jan 2012 EBEX Featured in Wired Magazine Video short

• Watch on Youtube .

Nov 2010 Canada Research Chair Renewed

• Tony Clement, Federal Industry Minister, announced Nov. 24, 2010 the renewal of Dobbs' T2 Canada Research Chair for a second 5 year term Press Release

Sept 2010 Our EBEX Stratospheric Balloon project is featured on Quebec TV

A TV documentary (in French) on our project to search for inflationary gravity waves with EBEX Le Code Chastenay (Quebec TV).

May 2010 Keith's Winter-over Experience and the South Pole Telescope featured in the Gazette

• 2010-05-10_GazetteSouthPoleTelescope.pdf: The article in PDF format.

April 2010 The South Pole Telescope is featured in Smithsonian Magazine

• Smithsonian.com The Smithsonian magazine article features photographs of the SPT by McGill postdoc Keith Vanderlinde.
• 2010_SPT_SmithsonianArticle.pdf: PDF copy of article.
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Mar 2010 EBEX Featured in Quebec Science Magazine

• PDF Copy of article

Mar 2010 Federal Member of Parliament Visits Energy and the Environment Class

• http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2010/03/cullen-to-science-students-join-the-political-debate/ Mar 31, 2010
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• PDF copy of article

Feb 2010 Dobbs Featured in Reporter Article about Sloan Fellowship

• http://publications.mcgill.ca/reporter/2010/02/stars-align-as-researcher-earns-sloan-fellowship/ March 2, 2010 
  

2009 Matt Dobbs' Public Lecture on the Birth of the Universe broadcast on Canal Savoir TV

• http://www.mcgill.ca/channels/events/item/?item_id=112716 Dec 18, 2009 
  
• McGill Podcast

April 8, 2009 EBEX is featured on CBC Radio show "Home Run"

March 2009 The South Pole Telescope is featured on the Cover of the CERN courier

• Article

Sept 2008 Article in McGill Reporter Article on Keith Vanderlinde's View of the South Pole

• McGill Reporter Link

May 2008 Article in the Toronto Star covering the national Canadian astronomy conference and highlighting the South Pole Telescope

• Toronto Star Link
• PDF of Toronto Star Article 
  

March 2008 Article in New York Times on the South Pole Telescope

• NY Times Link
• PDF of NY Times Article
  • Note: this article states that we have already announced the discovery of a previously unknown cluster with SPT. This is incorrect.

June 2007 Article In Quebec Science Magazine

• The cover story for the June issue of Quebec Science "Enquête sur la face cachée de l'Univers" describes Dark Energy (in french). It included an interview with Dobbs and photos of the South Pole Telescope.

• PDF copy or article

March 16, 2007 Coverage in Science Magazine

• Science News, "For Extreme Astronomy, Head Due South", Science, Vol 316, p. 1523, March 2007 (Download PDF).

March 12, 2007 Canada AM News

• The South Pole Telescope was featured again on Canada AM, a national morning news program on Canadian TV
  • Text Story
    • Oops Canada AM - the milky way is not a galaxy cluster!
  • CTV Video
  • Archived on Google Video 

Feb 26, 2007 NSF Press Release for the South Pole Telescope First Light

• http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=108413&org=olpa&from=news

February 26, 2007, Landmark Completion of South Pole Telescope. Scientific Frontline

• http://www.sflorg.com/spacenews/sn022607_01.html

Feb 2007 Canadian Media for the South Pole Telescope

• Feb 13, 2007 Interview on CBC Radio Daybreak with Mike Finnerty
• CBC Radio National News with Justin Hayward
  • MP3 Audio: CBC Radio's "The World at Six"
  • MP3 Audio: CBC Radio's "The World this Hour"
• Feb 7, 2007 McGill Outreach News Article On South Pole Telescope Blog
  • http://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/news/?ItemID=23785
• CBC TV News at Six, Montreal
  • Archived on Google Video 
• February 4, 2007 CBC Radio's "All in a Weekend" program (This is our favorite of the interviews... if you only listen to one, choose this one.)
  • archived at http://www.cbc.ca/allinaweekend/listenagain_feb07.html (scroll down to Feb 4 or search for "Dobbs").
  • MP3 Audio (13 Minutes, 19 MB)
  • The CBC radio real audio link is http://www.cbc.ca/montreal/media/audio/allinaweekend/20070206MATT_DOB.ram .

Spring 2006, McGill in-Focus Science Edition Magazine focuses on Astrophysics

• PDF copy of article