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UC Berkeley Press Conference Announces New Cosmology Center
May 2007 The five most recent United States recipients of the Nobel Prize were in Washington D.C. as part of the 12th annual Nobel Laureates Capitol Hill Day. They spoke about the state of the country's scientific enterprise and the importance of scientific investment. Pictured from left to right: Craig C. Mello, George F. Smoot, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Andrew Z. Fire, and Roger Kornberg. For more photos go here. View the Hearing of the 2006 Nobel Laureates: Science, Technology, and Innovation on the US Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation website
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2007 Global Conference
Since its inception in 2003, the IIT Global Alumni Conference has been a premier business event, bringing together industry visionaries, thought leaders, and IIT alumni from across the globe. Nobelists George F. Smoot and Arno Penzias, and Berkeley astronomy professor Alexei Filippenko discuss the many dimensions of cosmology at the Silicon Valley, CA event. View video
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2006 Nobel Laureates add their names to the Nobel Monument in New York Photo Gallery at the Nobel Monument Inscription Ceremony June 2007
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The BCCP and its partner IAC will sponsor an annual cosmology school and workshop on the beach for graduate students and post doctoral scholars: Cosmologia en la Playa / Cosmology on the Beach
Dr. Smoot recently gave a sold-out lecture at Fermilab on Relics of Creation: The Big Bang, The COBE Satellite & Cosmic Microwave Background. View lecture here ___________________________________________________________________________________
May 2007 Texas A&M University INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE INTERCONNECTION BETWEEN PARTICLE PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY "Recent advances in observational astronomy have brought a new focus on the potential connections between new fundamental particles and our understanding of their impact on the early universe and its evolution..." Prof. George Smoot (UC Berkeley) will give a public talk on The Echoes of Creation at Rudder Theater ____________________________________________________________________________________
CERN Courier April 2007 During a visit to CERN, Dr. Smoot talked to Arnaud Marsollier about his quest to explore the early universe, and how cosmology and particle physics are coming together in a grand crusade. He is seen here photographing the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) particle detector. To read the CERN article on Smoot's visit go here. To watch a ReaPlayer video (or download the video) of his lecture at CERN go here.
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April 2007 UC Berkeley's 'Tree of Wisdom' featured in Vanity Fair Turning day to night with artificial lights, the Vanity Fair photo spread features Berkeley Nobel laureates (from left) Yuan T. Lee, Donald Glaser, Daniel McFadden, George Smoot, Charles Townes and Steven Chu, joined by Chancellor Robert Birgeneau. (Photo by Todd Eberle/ Vanity Fair) UC Berkeley's Nobel Prize winners and Chancellor Robert Birgeneau are featured as part of Vanity Fair magazine's "Green Issue" for April. Read more from UC Berkeley News Center site and watch a video of the shoot here.
April 2007 The Columbus Dispatch "Nobel-winning physicist returns to Ohio roots" by Mike Lafferty PDF file
March 10, 2007 New York Times "Out There" by Richard Panek "Three days after learning that he won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics, George Smoot was talking about the universe..." PDF
Nobel meets Oscar
At February's Oscar ceremonies in Hollywood, 2006 Nobelist George Smoot accompanied Academy member Elizabeth Cohen of Stanford University's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. Smoot met with Sid Ganis, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and with the director of the Academy's Technical Council, Andrew Maltz, and others to discuss ways of encouraging further contributions of science and engineering to the arts. (from Today at Berkeley Lab)
January 20, 2007 - UC Energy Forum Half a dozen Nobel laureates — including Berkeley Lab Director Steve Chu and Physicist George Smoot — met at UC Berkeley to exchange suggestions for battling global warming, including expanding the country's nuclear power program to designing nanotechnology that would mimic the way insects dispose of energy waste. January 2007 - Do Nobelists live longer? Newsweek article February 2007 - Dr. Smoot discusses the origin of the universe in an article from the Belgium newspaper Le Soir. PDF Image PDF
Zurich 2007 Click on this image to see the full size poster from Dr. Smoot's lecture "Discovery and Utilization of Cosmic Microwave Background Anisotropies"
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The 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics George F. Smoot has been awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for physics. He shares the award with John C. Mather of NASA Goddard View The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2006 Photos from the Ceremony & Events Smoot Gallery on Nobel Prize site
As part of the ceremony, Dr. Smoot screened a video of the Cal Marching Band reenacting the Big Bang. He choreographed the musical Big Bang with them on the field of UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium.
The Nobel Prize in Physics announcement
Request For Time on Professor George Smoot’s Calendar PDF form
2006 Nobel Prize Conference at LBNL
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A toast for the history books
Dr. Smoot discusses his work
Dr. Chu feels compelled to add commentary
Department of Energy R&D Accomplishments National Public Radio Science Friday interview Read comments by US Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, and more...
Dr. Smoot, right, watches coin toss at Cal football game against Oregon.
Fredrick William High, a former student of Dr. Smoot, revamps "Come Togther" by the Beatles in a Nobel tribute called "Crack the Cosmos" (mp3 file)
At Lawrence Berkeley Lab, an impromptu notice of George's induction to the Nobel Wall of Fame
Photo: LBL
December 2006 Dr. Smoot was awarded he Daniel Chalonge Medal by the International School of Astrophysics "Daniel Chalonge," known as the Chalonge School. The handsome bronze medal was awarded "for George Smoot's 15-year support and outstanding contributions to the Chalonge School." Read more...
Berkeley's All American Patriots dispatch on Nobel prize April 2007 George Smoot, a 1962 graduate of Upper Arlington High School, visited his alma mater on and addressed an auditorium filled with science, physics and mathematics students. Read more here. April 2007 Upper Arlington News, April 2007 "Nobel Prize winner returns home" PDF August 15, 2006 Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) Team Wins Gruber Prize Article in Sao Paulo newspaper (in Portuguese)
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