Yu Lu, a theoretical physicist and research fellow in the institute of physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is the recipient of the 2008 Tate Medal for International Leadership in Physics from the American Institute of Physics (AIP). The medal, named for the late John Torrence Tate, a former president of the American Physical Society, recognizes distinguished service to the physics profession by a non-US national. Yu, an APS fellow, is cited for landmark contributions in “bringing together the world’s condensed matter physics community, the support of young scientists, the creation of important international conferences, and international statesmanship in theoretical physics.” The medal and a check for $10 000 will be awarded at the APS March Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Also at the March Meeting, AIP, APS, and the Heineman Foundation will jointly award the 2008 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics to Mitchell Feigenbaum of Rockefeller University...
