Re: fyi.. negotiations with University about creating a supported Writer in Residence Position, and discussions with Lucy Hawking, a year after the lunch in question.

Hi all.. have been =alking to Lucy Hawking about plans for her coming here next year to be =n Origins Writer in Residence. As you know, she has already =uthored several children's books on the history of the universe, and =as some other interesting works in the process. I expect Lucy =ill visit sometime in mid June after I return.. she is interested in =alking to people about several things:

1. what she might be expected to do.. =nbsp;teach a possible course, or give some lectures? etc.. Lucy should =robably interface with students in some way.. and also maybe faculty =tc...

2. Her 13 year old son is mildly =utistic and she will need advice on a school that he could enroll =n.

3. how long she would spend here.. a term or a =ear?

I have =c'd Lee on this, but I assume we should also involve the director of =ur creative writing program..

I also just heard that Kip Thorne of =altech (a close associate of Stephen H's, and a friend) is now engaged =n full time writing of a screenplay which Steven Spielberg is turning =nto a movie.. I am hoping we could coordinate something with =erhaps both of them, and Lucy, and maybe Stephen too in the spring of =ext year..

LMK

Lawrence =. Krauss
Foundation Professor
Director, The =SU Origins Project
Co-Director, Cosmology =nitiative
Assoc. Dir, Beyond Center
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Liberal =rts and Sciences
School of Earth and Space Exploration
PO Box 871404 I Tempe AZ 85287-1404
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There is a school in =cottsdale which specializes in high-functioning autistic kids and kids =ith other challenges. From what I can tell, the school =as an excellent reputation and its advisory board is very =mpressive. Ms. Hawking may want to look into it.

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Dear Lucy:

I am pleased that we can offer you =ppointment for 2010-2011as the Inaugural Origins Writer in =esidence. We will be able to offer you a stipend in the range of =25-30K, and I am hoping we can get close to that upper figure. =ur curriculum and outreach Coordinator Penelope Moon and our admin =oordinator Cynthia Schulze will work with the Deans office on arranging =our visa and other issues. Please feel free to contact them to =ollow up on this. I will let you know the exact stipend figure =hen I get it.

We are all looking forward to your visit to Campus!

Lawrence =rauss

Lawrence M. Krauss
Foundation =rofessor
Director, The ASU Origins Project
Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative
Assoc. =ir, Beyond Center
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of =arth and Space Exploration
PO Box 871404 I Tempe AZ =5287-1404

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Thank you so much for this exciting opportunity! I am extremely grateful to you and to ASU. I was very impressed by ASU on my recent visit and look forward greatly to taking part in the life of the university. This is a wonderful chance for me and I thank you all for this offer, which I am delighted to accept,

Very warmest wishes,
Lucy

Lawrence M. Krauss
Director, The Origins Project at ASU
Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative
Foundation Professor
School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department
Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287.1404
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Origins Office (Cynthia):

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RE claim of =ropositioning Lucy Hawking at an interview for a job. Just to reiterate =unch where I joked with Lucy was in NYC at World Science Festival in =ate May of 2009, between three friends who were all participating in =he festival. Pen Moon, who reported on this conversation =incorrectly saying she thought it was in the UK) actually did not begin =t ASU until a year later, in June of 2010. Penn herself was =nterviewed and offered a job at at ASU in early april of 2010.. still =lmost a year after the conversation in question. It was Pen who =aised the idea of having Lucy as a writer in residence, and I =pproached Lucy about it in April and raised the possibility that the =niversity might provide support for her and what the nature of such a =ob might be in April of 2010. Thus there is no possibility that any =iscussions a year earlier, in June 2009 would have involved a job =ffer, nor would it have been in any case, since this was a lunch =etween friends having nothing to do with ASU.

Here is the correspondence beginning in =pril of 2010 where I raise the possibility with the University, and =enn chimes in with details. The first correspondence I have with =ucy about this is in June of 2010. I append the relevant emails =ere.

you =eed to quote from the determination letter. if you joked =gain. etc.

I=ill.

Lawrence M. Krauss Director, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director,=Cosmology Initiative Foundation =rofessor School of =arth & Space Exploration and Physics Department Arizona=State University, P.O. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 Research Office: I Assistant (Jessica): = Origins Office (Cynthia): = =nbsp; origins.asu.edu I