E24 : Spring 1997

MADAM CURRIE LEGACY LECTURES

Prof. Alice Agogino, Room 5136 Etcheverry Hall, 2-6450, aagogino@euler.ME.Berkeley.EDU

The Beatrice Bain Research Group and the Chancellor's Office is proud to present lectures on:

The Centenary of the Discovery of Radioactivity: 1896/1898 to 1997

Dr. Helene Langevin-Joliot
Professor of Radio-Chemistry
Institute of Nuclear Physics
University of Paris

Dr. Langevin-Joliot will be giving 2 lectures and the College of Engineering will host a reception.

"The Curies, Radioactivity, and Women in Science Education"

Tuesday, February 11, 1997
3:00 PM
322 Wheeler Hall
Maude Fife Room and

"The Curies and Radioactivity: Past and Present Challenges"

Wednesday, February 12, 1997
5:10 PM
120 Latimer Hall
Pitzer Auditorium

College of Engineering /Nuclear Engineering Reception

Wednesday, February, 1997
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM
The Women's Faculty Club
The Lounge (equipped with sofas and chairs)

Dr. Helene Langevin-Joliot is the grand-daughter of Nobel Laureates Pierre and Marie Curie, and the daughter of Frederick Joliot and Irene Joliot-Curie. Pierre and Marie Curie jointly won the Nobel prize for physics in 1903 for their work on radiation (along with Henri Becquerel of France who discovered radioactivity in 1896) and Marie Curie won a second Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911 for her discovery of the radioactive element Polonium.

Pierre and Marie Curie's eldest daughter and Dr. Helene Langevin-Joliot's parents, Irne Curie discovered artificial radioactivity with her colleague and husband FrŽdŽric Joliot and and were jointly awarded the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry..

Dr. Helene Langevin-Joliot has made several contributions in the field of radioactivity. She is a Professor of Nuclear Physics and Chemistry at the University of Paris, and a member of the scientific advisory committee to the French Parliament. She has recently undertaken a mission to urge greater numbers of women to actively pursue and seek careers in scientific research and teaching. She is particularly emphatic of the need to improve K-12 education. Dr. Langevin-Joliot will talk about these issues and her personal reflections as the heir to the Curie legacy.

See more information on her national speaking tour at the CSU Northridge Distinguished Speakers Series Web page. Go to the Nobel Prize archive more information on women Nobel Laureates.