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OPI STAFF ATTEND CONFERENCE
HONORING 2004 NOBEL PRIZE WINNER
By Anne LaRiviere
888-558-0617
anne@opiliving.com
www.opiliving.com
How often do people get the chance to meet not only a Nobel
prize-winning physicist, but Stephen Hawking, a legendary
physicist, best-selling author and Cambridge University professor,
all in the same evening?
For three Optimum Performance Institute (OPI) participants,
it was a time of goose-bumps and even tears. Bob and I (Dr.
Robert Fischer and Anne LaRiviere) are members of the Kavli
Institute so we were invited to the reception afterwards and
of course took the OPI participants with us.
OPI took these three young women to Santa Barbara, CA, on
February 9, to attend a program entitled "Inside the
2004 Nobel Prize in Physics: The Ceremony and the Science."
The guest speaker, David Gross, Ph.D., is a theoretical physicist
who won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for figuring out the
nucleus of atoms (how the strong force works to bind quarks
to form protons and neutrons). He discussed his research and
presented highlights of the Nobel Prize festivities in Stockholm
as well as the lecture he gave in Stockholm. He is described
as "the most brilliant physicist of his generation."
Gross was introduced by Hawking who received a standing ovation
from the audience that filled Santa Barbara's Lobero Theater
where the program was held.
At a reception following the program, one of our young women
struck up a conversation with Hawking's wife who then insisted
that everyone meet her famous husband and take photos. Hawking
and Gross are members of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical
Physics at the University of California Santa Barbara where
Gross is a professor.
OPI offers a two-phase transitional program for young adults
ages 17-25 with services ranging from individualized/group
counseling, career counseling and psychotherapy to educational
tutoring and organizational support to help residents set
goals and decide what they want to do with their lives.
Copyright © 2005,
Woodbury Reports, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
(This article may not be reproduced without written approval
of the publisher.)
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