The new Ogden Centre for Fundamental Physics
opened its doors on 15 November 2002 thanks to the combined
support of research councils, the government,industry and the
Ogden Trust itself, all of which have backed the University in
providing a new building. The Centre, together with its staff and
equipment, represents an additional investment of about 20 millon
pounds in science in the region. It provides the opportunity to
house two key branches of research: - the Institute for Particle
Physics Phenomenology - the Institute for Computational Cosmology
"ICC" in a common building. Their work represents a world-class
contribution to international advances in the most fundamental
building-blocks of matter, on the one hand,and the evolution of
the Universe, on the other.
The Opening Programme included: Morning: 10.00 am Tour of the building
followed by: 11.00 am The conferring of honorary degrees on
Professor Richard Ellis, Director of Caltech Optical Observatories,
and Professor Sir Peter J Ogden, Founder and Chairman of Trustees, the Ogden
Trust. 12.30 am Lunch. Afternoon: 2.15 pm Talks by the Astronomer
Royal Professor Sir Martin Rees and Professor Sir Christopher
Llewellyn Smith, formerly Director General of CERN. 4.30 pm
Tea.
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