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

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

I. what she might be expected to do.. teach a possible course, or give some lectures? etc.. Lucy should probably interface with students in some way.. and also maybe faculty etc...

how long she would spend here.. a term or a year?

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

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

LMK

Lawrence M. Krauss
Foundation Professor
Director, The ASU Origins Project
Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative
Assoc. Dir, Beyond Center
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Earth and Space Exploration
PO Box 871404 I Tempe AZ 85287-1404

http://krauss.faculty.asu.edu
Assistant (Jessica):

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Penelope Adams Moon
Associate Professor of History
Bethel College
North Newton, Kansas

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Hi Lawrence!

Just a friendly word of support for your week - I hope everything is going okay for you in your various different endeavours.

I am back in ambrid e and sortin out more details re Arizona.

When you're free of other pressing concerns, I'd love to talk to you to finalise details between us and, if appropriate, get moving on the visas. I was wondering if you could stretch to $25-$30,000? Does that sound too grasping on my part?

Otherwise, I cannot thank you enough, both for this opportunity and for the relevatory self-knowledge you gifted me. Lawrence, you are my knight in shining armour - I can't say how glad I am for your friendship and your helping hand at exactly the right moments,

With very much love, Lucy xx

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Penelope MoonCynthia SchulzeSid Bacon

Dear Lawrence,

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

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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, [REDACTED]. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404

Research Office: [REDACTED] | Assistant (Jessica): [REDACTED]
Origins Office (Cynthia): [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] | [REDACTED] | krauss.faculty.asu.edu

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Dear Lucy:

I am pleased that we can offer you appointment for 2010-2011 as the Inaugural Origins Writer in Residence. 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. Our curriculum and outreach Coordinator Penelope Moon and our admin coordinator Cynthia Schulze will work with the Deans office on arranging your visa and other issues. Please feel free to contact them to follow up on this. I will let you know the exact stipend figure when I get it.

We are all looking forward to your visit to Campus!

Lawrence Krauss

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Lawrence M. Krauss
Foundation Professor
Director, The ASU Origins Project
Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative
Assoc. Dir, Beyond Center
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Earth and Space Exploration
PO Box 871404 | Tempe AZ 85287-1404

http://krauss.faculty.asu.edu
Assistant (Jessica): |

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

Here is the correspondence beginning in April of 2010 where I raise the possibility with the University, and Penn chimes in with details. The first correspondence I have with Lucy about this is in June of 2010. I append the relevant emails here.

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FYI..

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
Research Office: [Redacted] | Assistant (Jessica): [Redacted]
Origins Office (Cynthia): [Redacted]
[Redacted]
origins.asu.edu | [Redacted] | krauss.faculty.asu.edu

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From: Lawrence Krauss <
Subject: fyi.. negotiations with University about creating a supported Writer in Residence Position, and discussions with Lucy Hawking, a year after the lunch in question.
Date: August 5, 2018 at 10:50:37 AM PDT
To: Justin Dillon < >, Courtney Forrest <
Cc: Lawrence Krauss < , nancy dahl <

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

Here is the correspondence beginning in April of 2010 where I raise the possibility with the University, and Penn chimes in with details. The first correspondence I have with Lucy about this is in June of 2010. I append the relevant emails here.

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This is an email thread.

Sender: Lawrence Krauss
Subject: Lucy Hawking - writer in residence
Date: April 14, 2010
Key Information: Lucy Hawking is planning to visit next year as an Origins Writer in Residence. She is interested in talking to people about several topics. The visit is expected in mid-June.
Recipients: Lee Gutkind, Kitch, James Buizer, Koerner, Sid Bacon, Quentin Wheeler, Paul Davies, "Gary T. Schwartz", Mari, Sally, Jessica Lee, Ariel Anbar.
Cc: Lawrence Krauss, Penelope Moon, Peter Rillero, Gary Marchant.

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

I. what she might be expected to do.. teach a possible course, or give some lectures? etc.. Lucy should probably interface with students in some way.. and also maybe faculty etc...

how long she would spend here.. a term or a year?

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

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

LMK

Lawrence M. Krauss
Foundation Professor
Director, The ASU Origins Project
Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative
Assoc. Dir, Beyond Center
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Earth and Space Exploration
PO Box 871404 I Tempe AZ 85287-1404

http://krauss.faculty.asu.edu
Assistant (Jessica):

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From: "Moon, Penelope" Subject: RE: Lucy Hawking- writer in residence Date: April 15, 2010 at 4:26:12 AM PDT To: Lawrence Krauss <I

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Penelope Adams Moon
Associate Professor of History
Bethel College
North Newton, Kansas

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From: Lucy Hawking <
Subject: Hello
Date: June 9, 2010 at 4:25:27 AM PDT
To: Lawrence Krauss <

Hi Lawrence!

Just a friendly word of support for your week - I hope everything is going okay for you in your various different endeavours.

I am back in ambrid e and sortin out more details re Arizona.

When you're free of other pressing concerns, I'd love to talk to you to finalise details between us and, if appropriate, get moving on the visas. I was wondering if you could stretch to $25-$30,000? Does that sound too grasping on my part?

Otherwise, I cannot thank you enough, both for this opportunity and for the relevatory self-knowledge you gifted me. Lawrence, you are my knight in shining armour - I can't say how glad I am for your friendship and your helping hand at exactly the right moments,

With very much love, Lucy xx

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Lawrence Krauss c wrote: Dear Lucy:

I am pleased that we can offer you appointment for 2010-2011 as the Inaugural Origins Writer in Residence. 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. Our curriculum and outreach Coordinator Penelope Moon and our admin coordinator Cynthia Schulze will work with the Deans office on arranging your visa and other issues. Please feel free to contact them to follow up on this. I will let you know the exact stipend figure when I get it.

We are all looking forward to your visit to Campus!

Lawrence Krauss

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Lawrence M. Krauss
Foundation Professor
Director, The ASU Origins Project
Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative
Assoc. Dir, Beyond Center
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Earth and Space Exploration
PO Box 871404 | Tempe AZ 85287-1404

http://krauss.faculty.asu.edu
Assistant (Jessica): |

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From: Lucy Hawking
Subject: Re: Origins Writer in Residence
Date: June 9, 2010 at 9:00:15 AM PDT
To: Lawrence Krauss
Cc: Penelope Moon, Cynthia Schulze, Sid Bacon

Dear Lawrence,

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, [REDACTED]. Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404

Research Office: [REDACTED] | Assistant (Jessica): [REDACTED]
Origins Office (Cynthia): [REDACTED]

[REDACTED] | [REDACTED] | krauss.faculty.asu.edu

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