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Ideas that will change your world

November 14, 2013

Nobel Night

Community invited to discuss 2013 Nobel laureates’ accomplishments at UBC event

WHAT: Nobel Night at UBC’s Okanagan campus
WHEN: 
7 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 10
WHERE: 
Engineering, Management and Education building, Lecture Theatre (EME 0050), 1137 Alumni Ave., UBC’s Okanagan campus, Kelowna

Pre-registration is required:  http://nobelnightubc.eventbrite.ca

What on Earth is a Higgs boson? How is a discovery at the atomic level relevant to me? These may be questions you have asked yourself while watching the news or hearing about the latest scientific discovery around the water cooler.

On Tuesday, December 10, the Nobel Prize medals will be presented to some of the world’s most outstanding contributors in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economics and peace at ceremonies in Sweden and Norway. But what is often lacking in the discussion of the Nobel prizes is what the discovery means in everyday language, or how it is relevant to a non-expert audience.

That same evening, a panel of distinguished professors at UBC’s Okanagan campus will discuss five of this year’s Nobel Prize winners. The panel will explain the what, how, and the why of these massive, game-changing ideas in an event geared to all ages and backgrounds.

“The Nobel Prizes are given each year to the top achievements in the sciences and the arts, but many are unaware of how these accomplishments will impact them,” says Deborah Buszard, UBC deputy vice-chancellor and principal of the Okanagan campus. “Nobel Night gives us all a chance to hear from our own experts in these fields, whose research builds on the great achievements of past Nobel winners.

“This is a unique opportunity for the public and our campus community to learn about the latest ground-breaking research from the perspective of our faculty who are active in research and teaching in these disciplines right here in the Okanagan.”

All are welcome to attend this public event. Admission is free and light refreshments will be provided.

The event is from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Engineering, Management and Education building (EME 0050 Lecture Theatre) at UBC’s Okanagan campus in Kelowna.

Pre-registration is required: nobelnightubc.eventbrite.com

View a campus map showing location and nearby pay parking.

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