"I had a fantastic academic experience during these three weeks. Before arriving Aspen, I was rather skeptical whether I would be able to participate in the discussions sufficiently and make a fruitful use of the time, but it is indeed the "Aspen spirit" of the fellow participants that made it easy."

Aspen Center for Physics in the Press



ACP in the 2013 Media

  • Physics, Food Collide Tonight at Lecture in Aspen by Isabelle Chapman. The article is in The Aspen Times June 6, 2013 edition.
  • CSI: Milky Way - Kelly Holley-Bockelmann and Tamara Bogdanović found an explanation for some of the Milky Way's violent past after an Aspen Center for Physics conference. The article is in Science Daily
  • Aspen Physics Program Airs - About the monthly Radio Physics show in collaboration with valley physics students and KDNK radio in The Aspen Times February 26, 2013 edition.
  • Get Smart - A fun column about ACP's winter lectures by Paul E. Anna (a pseudonym for a local reporter) in The Aspen Times January 25, 2013 edition.

ACP in the 2012 Media

  • Listen to Radio Physics on KDNK. Interviews by valley high school students with noted physicists.
  • Amidst Rocky Peaks, Physicists Ponder The Universe on NPR's Science Friday August 10, 2012.
    • Download a pdf of the radio transcript here.
  • What in God's Name is Higgs Boson? by Amanda Charles in The Aspen Times July 12, 2012














  • Aspen Center for Physics Celebrates 50 Years by Curtis Wackerle in The Aspen Daily News July 8, 2012.
  • The American Physical Society presented the Aspen Center for a Physics with a plaque, designating the Center as an historical physics site, July 7, 2012.
  • Physicists Find Elusive Particle Seen as Key to Universe by Dennis Overbye in The New York Times July 5, 2012 written from the Aspen Center for Physics about groundbreaking work done at CERN. Click here to see the article on The New York Times website.
  • Aspen Physicists Celebrate a New Particle by Ryder Diaz on Aspen Public Radio July 5, 2012.
  • Aspen Physics turns 50 by Michael Turner in Nature June 21, 2012.
  • Decades of Success in Aspen Sojourner summer 2012.
  • 13 to Watch by Stuart Oksenhorn in The Aspen Times Weekly, June 22, 2012 - the first page of the article and the page that refers to the Aspen Center for Physics as a spot to watch for summer 2012