Oregon Nobel Laureate Symposium

Oregon Nobel Laureate Symposium at Linfield University

The Oregon Nobel Laureate Symposium at Linfield University brings together the genius of the world's Nobel Prize winners and the excellence of one of America's finest independent colleges. The symposium allows middle school, high school and college students to interact directly with Nobel laureates. It is a time of intellectual excitement and enrichment, a meeting of great minds and eager students. Dedicated to the spirit of Alfred Nobel's goal to expand the frontiers of human knowledge for the benefit of the world, the symposium is one of only five such convocations held worldwide.

Discover the Nobel Symposium

Explore the symposium’s legacy, learn more about past keynote speakers and view highlights from previous year’s event.

Watch the 2025 event recap

2013 Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Randy W. Schekman, shared special insights into his award-winning research on cellular membranes and vesicle traffic, as well as its impact on life-saving drugs, vaccines and genetic forms of Parkinson’s disease.

Watch the 2024 video

Watch the 2023 event recap

Nobel prize winners Bill Phillips and David Wineland showed Linfield and local community students just how cool physics can be.

Watch the 2023 video

Symposium history

Since its establishment in 1985, more than a dozen Nobel laureates have come to Linfield's symposium for a meeting of great minds and eager students.

Learn about the history