Nobel laureate Jerome Friedman, Ph.D. will keynote a series of lectures for the Florida A&M University Department of Physics on Thursday, February 21, at 4 p.m. in Lee Hall Auditorium. Friedman was awarded the Nobel Prize for his role in developing the foundation of the modern theory of the structure of matter, also known as the standard model.
Friedman, was invited to FAMU by his former student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),Ray O’Neal. According to Dr. O’Neal, a National Science Foundation Centers of Research Excellence in Science and Technology (CREST) Center for Astrophysical Sciences and Technology (CAST) grant is sponsoring Friedman’s trip to FAMU.
In the past few years FAMU has established its self as a powerhouse in physics. According to the National Science Foundation, during the 2006-07 academic year one-third of the nation's African-American physics PhDs were awarded by FAMU.
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This is a B-I-G deal. hope it makes it to the frontpage of the website!
ReplyDeleteWould be nice if we could convince him to join the faculty.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is BIG. If I were still on the Hill, I'd go.
ReplyDeleteWOW! This is outstanding. I bet you ten dollars the Tallahassee Democrat will not cover this or the local media.
ReplyDeleteWhat should also be noted is Dr. O'Neal's terrible timing (as usual). He obviously forgot that most of the Physics students and a large number of the faculty will be attending the National Society of Black Physicists/National Society of Hispanic Physicists national conference. This conference is ALWAYS one week after Valentine's Day. I am sure the FSU physics department will be representing in large numbers to hear this distinguished scientist.
ReplyDeleteConferences are held every year, hearing and interacting with a Nobel Laureate are once in a lifetime situations. I'm sure he has a very tight schedule, so they had to get him when they could.
ReplyDelete10:34 Get a grip. You have to get guys like this on THEIR timetable. The students can either delay their arrival at the conference, cut their attendance short or cancel plans to attend.
ReplyDeleteHaving the opportunity to talk to a Nobel laureate, in a small group setting, is a once in a lifetime event.
That's like saying, man I couldn't meet with Bill Gates cause I had to get to the NABA convention.
2/13 12:35PM
ReplyDeleteActually in a field like this it really isn't that hard. I think what 10:34AM was trying to convey is the perception that this was a "man on a island" situation with little coordination. Also what you may not realize is that that conference isn't just your standard conference. This is engine that keeps new recruits coming into that department. Since the whole department attends and the students "soft recruit" it actually is a big deal. It would have been nice to have the two events compliment each other, but it is what it is.....
I have been enrolled since 2003 as an undergrad and I am now in grad school. I don't recall any speakers of this caliber speaking at FAMU since I have been enrolled.
ReplyDelete2/13/2008 10:34 AM and 2/15/2008 11:30 AM, please name one Nobel anything that has spoken on a topic in science or engineering at FAMU or any subject for that matter. Since it is not so hard to get these types of international scientists to come to FAMU, I hope to see more before I graduate in the spring of 2009.