Nobel Students

Week 49 was full of Nobel Prize celebrations. For SIS, following the tradition was great fun and they had their own little ceremony but with younger nobel award winners. Students dressed up and role-played as Nobel laureates and parents were welcome to take a look at the creative costumes that the students wore.

Aaron C. and Raphaelle S.|December 15, 2015

For readers that aren’t up to update with the this year’s nobel prize winners here is a list of them all:

Nobel Prize winners 2015 in

Physics; Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald

“for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass”
Chemistry; Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar

“for mechanistic studies of DNA repair”

Physiology and Medicine; William C.Campbell, Satoshi Ömura, Youyou Tu

“for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites”

“for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria”

Literature; Svetlana Alexievich

“for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”

Peace; National Dialogue Quartet

“for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011”

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"The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas." - Linus Pauling (Nobel prize in chemistry 1954 and the nobel peace prize 1962) — “The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.” – Linus Pauling (Nobel prize in chemistry 1954 and the nobel peace prize 1962)

On Wednesday the 9th of December 2015, the auditorium was filled with parents and students, ready to celebrate the Nobel laureates. The night was accompanied by bands from 11th grade and MYP students, who performed the Coldplay song “Trouble”. Parents were happy and enjoyed the evening. Food and beverages were served but the highlight of the evening was the students dressed up.

Mrs.Larsson, the host of the night, had a few things to say

“I think we can safely say that we had lots of ideas represented today and that for every idea that gets a Nobel Prize there are countless ideas that need to be heard and tested. Keep thinking, inquiring, and being courageous about your ideas.”