Please be informed that two rooms in the
Leonardo Building have changed their names:
- the New Meeting Room (2nd Floor) is now
called Oppenheimer Meeting Room
and
- Lecture Room C (Terrace Level) is now
called Euler Lecture Hall.
We also officially inform you that the
Library is now called "Marie Curie Library".
J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904 - 1967) was
Director of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study from 1947 to 1966.
He was Chairman of the first ICTP Scientific Council, and a member of
it for the two following sessions.
Leonhard Euler (1707 - 1783) is one of the
greatest mathematicians of all times. He wrote more than 800 papers on
numerous topics in pure and applied mathematics.
Marie Curie (1867 - 1934) is the
pioneer scientist who was the first person ever to receive two Nobel
Prizes - Physics and Chemistry. Her name
was chosen to recognize the important role that women have played in
science.
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