JINR DIRECTOR ALEXEY SISAKYAN AWARDED MEMORIAL GOLD MEDAL OF YEREVAN STATE UNIVERSITY
ArmRadio.am
03.07.2006 16:40
Memorial gold medal of the Yerevan State University was awarded
today to Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR),
correspondent-member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor
Alexey Sisakyan during the scientific conference dedicated to the
100th anniversary of establishment of the Institute.
During the 12th scientific conference that on the "Methods of
Symmetry in Physics" that started today in Yerevan Professor Sisakyan
delivered a report on "JINR yesterday, today and tomorrow," turning
to the preconditions and history of establishment of the Institute,
reminding that Alikhanyan brothers had particularly great contribution
in founding it.
In his words, the Institute has great authority in the scientific
word. 18 countries are member to the organization, including Armenia,
Belarus, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Korea. "For 50
years the Institute has been a bridge between the East and the West,
promoting the development of international scientific and technical
cooperation," he said, adding that the Institute cooperates with
about 700 research centers from 60 countries of the world.
It should be noted that more than 40 scientists from different
countries of the world are participating in the seven-day scientific
conference in Yerevan.