UC Riverside professor Barry Barish will be honored on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, on campus for receiving the National Medal of Science. The public is invited to the free celebration where residents can meet Barish, other UCR faculty members, and students. The event will include two keynote speakers and presentations on the frontiers of physics at 1 p.m., featuring Art McDonald, a winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize, and Chang Kee Jung, winner of the American Physical Society’s 2022 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize.
Barish joined the university in 2018 and was awarded the highest recognition in the nation for scientists and engineers, the National Medal of Science, in October of 2023. He will deliver a presentation at 6 p.m. in the theater as part of the Science Lecture Series titled “Gravitational Waves: Unraveling the Mysteries of our Universe.” Guests can park for free but must register online to receive complimentary parking. For more information and to register, click link provided.
