Oregon Nobel Laureate Symposium

Oregon Nobel Laureate Symposium at Linfield University

The Oregon Nobel Laureate Symposium at Linfield University brings together the genius of the world's Nobel Prize winners and the excellence of one of America's finest independent colleges. The symposium allows middle school, high school and college students to interact directly with Nobel laureates. It is a time of intellectual excitement and enrichment, a meeting of great minds and eager students. Dedicated to the spirit of Alfred Nobel's goal to expand the frontiers of human knowledge for the benefit of the world, the symposium is one of only five such convocations held worldwide.

Check back soon for information about the 2025 symposium.

Watch a recap from the 2023 symposium

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Who is Bill Phillips?

Learn more about the 2023 keynote speaker, Bill Phillips, who was the co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997.

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David Wineland next to a piece of equipment.

Meet David Wineland

For David Wineland's work, he shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics with Serge Haroche, Collège de France, Paris.

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Symposium history

Since its establishment in 1985, more than a dozen Nobel laureates have come to Linfield's symposium for a meeting of great minds and eager students.

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Nobel laureate David Wineland spoke to Linfield students during his colloquium on quantum computers and the strange "Schrodinger's Cat" situation.

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Nobel laureate Bill Phillips pours liquid nitrogen across the stage in front of a packed Ice Auditorium during his keynote speech.

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Bill Phillips meets with Linfield physics students.

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Linfield students listen to Bill Phillips' colloquium on quantum computers and the International System of Units (the SI).

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During his keynote speech, Bill Phillips destroys a carnation that had been frozen by liquid nitrogen.

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