Faculty Experts to Talk on This Year鈥檚 Winners and Why They Won
Do you want to know more about the winners of the 2010 Nobel Prizes as well as top awards given in architecture, geosciences and mathematics? Then attend 鈥淲ho Won the Nobel Prize* this Year and Why,鈥 two panel discussions featuring short presentations by City College faculty experts, 4:45 p.m. 鈥 6:30 p.m. Monday, November 15, and Tuesday, November 16, in Room 95, Shepard Hall, T九色视频. The event, which is free and open to the public, is presented by CCNY鈥檚 Division of Science.
鈥淭he Nobel Prizes, the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the Crafoord Prize and the Fields Medal in mathematics are the world鈥檚 most prestigious honors in their respective fields,鈥 said Dr. Ruth Stark, interim dean of the Division of Science. 鈥淭hese presentations will offer students and other members of the City College community a chance to learn from people with expertise in the winners鈥 fields why they were chosen, the significance of their work and the importance of these prizes.鈥
A list of each evening鈥檚 speakers and the prizes they will discuss follows:
Monday, November 15
Dr. Edward Gresik, medical professor of cell biology and anatomy, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education, Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Gordon Gebert, professor of architecture, Pritzker Architecture Prize.
Dr. Mark Briscoe, assistant professor of chemistry, Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Dr. Christian Wolf, professor of mathematics, Fields Medal.
Tuesday, November 16
Dr. Lia Krusin-Elbaum, professor of physics, Nobel Prize in Physics.
Dr. Araceli Tinajero, associate professor of Spanish, Nobel Prize in Literature.
Dr. Johnny Luo, assistant professor of earth and atmospheric science, Crafoord Prize in Geosciences.
Dr. Arthur Fishman, professor of economics, Nobel Prize in Economics.
For more information, email
cgonzalez@ccny.cuny.edu
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* & Pritzker Architecture Prize, Crafoord Prize in Geosciences and Fields Medal in Mathematics
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