Math & Science Education to Be the Focus at Annual Dinner for Nobel Laureates at the Getty Center
Posted on: Tuesday, 12 October 2004, 06:00 CDT
California Has Four New Nobel Laureates Awarded in Physics, Chemistry and Economic Sciences
The annual California Nobel Laureate Dinner at the Getty Center in Los Angeles presented by the Consulate General of Sweden in cooperation with the University of California will be held on Monday, November 15, 2004. Nobel laureate, Louis J. Ignarro, Ph.D. (UCLA 1998, Physiology/Medicine) is the Keynote Speaker. Approximately 250 prominent education, corporate and civic leaders will attend the by-invitation-only black-tie evening, which will honor and recognize the contributions of California Nobel laureates, including the latest four who have just won the prize in 2004. Science journalist, Ira Flatow, host of National Public Radio's "Science Friday" is Master of Ceremonies. Michael Nobel, Chairman of the Nobel Family Foundation in Stockholm, will make introductory remarks.
The program, "Incubating Tomorrow's Nobel Laureates," will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science, known as COSMOS. COSMOS is an educational enrichment program created by the University of California for high school students who excel in math and science. Four UC campuses now offer the curriculum. Former First Lady of California, Gayle Edlund Wilson, who was instrumental in creating and developing the program, will acknowledge the accomplishments of COSMOS students and teachers, several of whom will attend the dinner. In 2001, the Consulate General of Sweden in California committed 100 per cent of the net funds raised for the statewide Centennial Celebration of the Nobel Prize to a COSMOS scholarship endowment for gifted students.
"With Sweden the home of the Nobel Prize and California home to the largest concentration of Nobel Laureates in the world, our collaboration has been a natural from the beginning," said Tomas Rosander, Consul General. "It's exciting that four new California Nobel laureates have been named this year. We look forward to the possibility of introducing them at the dinner, along with their distinguished peers."
The Royal Swedish Academy has announced that the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to David J. Gross of UC Santa Barbara and to H. David Politzer, of Caltech; in Chemistry to Irwin Rose, UC Irvine, and in Economic Sciences to Finn E. Kydland, UC Santa Barbara.
Sweden and California have historically been leaders in advancing and demonstrating the universal importance of science education and nurturing academic and industry ties in the sciences. An international component of COSMOS is planned that will engage students from Sweden and other countries in the program.
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