Athenaeum hosts reception for Kyoto Prize Symposium

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Topics ranging from Kabuki dance to cosmic clusters were covered at a Kyoto Symposium Organization reception at the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library Jan. 18.

Among the speakers were Mark Thiemens, dean of Physical Sciences at UCSD, who discussed the research of astrophysicist Rashid Sunyaev, one of three 2011 Kyoto Prize Laureates. Joining Sunyaev for the symposium, March 20-22, will be Kabuki actor Tamasaburo Bando V, and materials scientist John W. Cahn. For more details, see kyotoprize-us.org

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