Arno Penzias, Rosalyn Yalow and John O’Keefe | CUNY Laureates

The series premiere of CUNY Laureates reintroduces three Nobel prize winners from throughout CUNY’s history. First, Arno Penzias’s attempts to eliminate interference in his radio antenna leads to one of the greatest scientific discoveries of the twentieth century. Rosalyn Yalow turns the nuclear science of a recent World War into a medical breakthrough. And John O’Keefe explores what taxicabs, video games, and the brain’s hippocampus have in common.

00:00 Arno Penzias
06:57 Rosalyn Yalow
14:20 John O’Keefe

Tape date: 07/01/2019 First air date: 01/16/2023

CUNY Laureates is a documentary series about the lives and achievements of CUNY graduates who went on to win major awards in their respective fields. By reintroducing these exceptional minds to younger audiences, we hope to emphasize the value of a high-quality public education and demonstrate how it can transcend all social and political boundaries, even to this day.

In the first season, we honor our outstanding alumni by profiling 13 CUNY graduates who have received Academia’s greatest honor, the Nobel Prize.

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