These Nobel Prize recipients were recognized in the fields of literature, medicine and physics.
An adjunct LSU professor joined an elite class of scholars Tuesday (Oct. 3) after being awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. Rainer Weiss, who also serves as an MIT professor emeritus, was recognized for his involvement in the first detection of gravitational waves at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory, or LIGO.
LSU’s campus is located 25 miles from LIGO Livingston, and Tuesday’s award is not the first time Louisiana shared an affiliation with a Nobel Laureate. Scroll down to see which other Nobel Prizes have ties to the state.
