Her grandparents, Marie and Pierre Curie, were jointly awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics. Marie Curie won a second Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for her discovery of the radioactive element Polonium. Langevin-Joliot obtained her Ph.D. in nuclear physics and chemistry from the College de France at Paris. She serves as a scientific advisor to the French Parliament. The lecture will be at 1 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center in the University Student Union on the east side of the campus.
Admission is free.