UC Riverside professor Barry Barish will be honored on campus on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 for receiving the National Medal of Science. The event is open to the public and will take place at 1 p.m., featuring two keynote speakers, Art McDonald, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize, and Chang Kee Jung, winner of the American Physical Society’s 2022 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize.
The celebration will include a tour of the Physics building laboratories and student presentations at 4 p.m., followed by a reception at 5 p.m. with food and light refreshments in the University Theater.
Barish will deliver a presentation at 6 p.m., titled “Gravitational Waves: Unraveling the Mysteries of our Universe” as part of the Science Lecture Series. Guests can park for free but must register online to receive complimentary parking for this once-in-a-lifetime event. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to meet one of America’s top scientists!