UC Riverside professor Barry Barish will be honored on campus for being awarded the National Medal of Science. Barish, a distinguished professor of physics and astronomy at UCR, joined the university in 2018. The National Medal of Science is the highest recognition in the nation for scientists and engineers. The public is invited to the celebration on Tuesday, April 30, where residents can meet Barish, other UCR faculty members, and students.
Barish, while working at Caltech in Pasadena, won the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics for his contributions to the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory detector. Two keynote speakers and presentations on the frontiers of physics are set for 1 p.m. The speakers will be Art McDonald and Chang Kee Jung, both distinguished physicists.
Tours of the Physics building laboratories and student presentations are scheduled for 4 p.m., followed by a reception with food and light refreshments at 5 p.m. Barish will speak at 6 p.m. to deliver a presentation titled “Gravitational Waves: Unraveling the Mysteries of our Universe” as part of the Science Lecture Series.
Parking is free, but guests must register online to receive complimentary parking. For more information and to register, visit the provided link.