Hawking joins PI

globeandmail.com: Waterloo lures Hawking

Renowned scientist Stephen Hawking has agreed to make Canada his ”second research home,” accepting an appointment as a distinguished research chair at Waterloo's Perimeter Institute, the scientific research organization founded by BlackBerry inventor Michael Lazaridis.

Prof. Hawking, who has close ties with the institute's new director, will make his first visit to Waterloo this summer. He is expected to stay about six weeks and make the journey each year.