This series will highlight Nobel Prize winners from 2022. Leading experts in related fields will present an overview of the Nobel Laureate, their research, the significance of the research and why they were ultimately awarded a Nobel Prize.
Price per lecture: Member Price $5 | Nonmember Price $10
Lectures will be held at the Landmark Centre Building, 25700 Science Park Drive, Beachwood
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LITERATURE: WORKS THAT BLUR THE LINE BETWEEN MEMOIR AND FICTION
Annie Jouan-Westlund, Professor of French, Cleveland State University
Friday, April 21
11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
French writer Annie Ernaux was awarded the Nobel prize in literature. Author of over 20 novels, including A Man’s Place, A Woman’s Story, and Years, she is known for her fictionalized memoirs.
MEDICINE: DISCOVERIES IN HUMAN EVOLUTION
Cynthia Beall, Distinguished University Professor and S. Idell Pyle Professor of Anthropology, CWRU
Friday, May 5
11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
Swedish Scientist Svante Paabo was awarded the Nobel prize for his discoveries in human evolution. Paabo’s research compares the genome of modern humans and our closest extinct relatives.
PHYSICS: QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCE
Harsh Mathur, Professor, Department of Physics, CWRU
Thursday, June 1
11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
This prize was awarded to 3 scientists, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger, for their work on quantum information science. Their research provides the foundations for many practical applications of science.
CHEMISTRY: SNAPPING MOLECULES TOGETHER
Divita Mathur, Assistant Professor, Department of
Friday, June 2
11 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET
The Chemistry prize was awarded to 3 scientists, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Barry Sharpless, for developing a way of “snapping molecules together.” They found an ingenious and environmentally cleaner way to build molecules that the Nobel panel said is “already benefiting humankind greatly.”