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The Autumn-Winter 2015 Emmy Noether Distinction presented to Sibylle Günter

By Minh Quang Tran, Lucia Di Ciaccio. Published on 27 September 2016 in:
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On 4 July 2016, the Autumn-Winter 2015 Emmy Noether Distinction was presented to Prof. Sibylle Günter, Director at the Max Planck Society and Director of the Max-Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Garching, Germany, by Prof. Quang Tran, member of the Executive Committee of EPS, on behalf of the EPS President.

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IYL2015 Activities in Switzerland

By Minh Quang Tran, Bernhard Braunecker. Published on 26 May 2015 in:
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At present, most activities International Year of Light 2015 [IYL 2015] have focussed principally on science and technology of light, and less on cultural aspects of light (though some scientific research institutes however, do foresee talks on light and arts or theology). A laudable exception was the spring concert of the choir of the Bernese Gymnasium Neufeld at end of March 2015, which was dedicated to the IYL 2015. This exceptional concert presented an interesting selection of classical music on the theme ‘Light’. Examples were the composition ’Let there be light’ for choir, brass instruments and organ by Charles E. Ives, and ‘Uncertain Light’ for double choir a capella by Robert Schumann.

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