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Audience

High school student groups and their teachers, advisors, and chaperones

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Nobel Conference 61: Sugar

Sugar fuels our bodies, lights up our brains, and sometimes hooks us like an addictive drug. From cane, beets, and corn, it’s a crop that shaped history — powering economies, driving colonization, and fueling the Atlantic slave trade. It’s at the heart of treats and snacks, but also packed into processed foods as “empty calories.”

Sugar can cause health problems like diabetes and high blood pressure, but in another form, glycans, it may even help treat disease. Nobel Conference 61 explores the science, history, and future of this not-so-simple carbohydrate.

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High School Group Information

�鶹��Ƶ welcomes high school groups to the Nobel Conference. There is no cost to attend.

High school students will have the opportunity to attend lectures, conference activities, and enjoy a complimentary meal on campus. Please see the schedule below for details on opportunities for high school groups.��

Other resources available as you plan your trip to campus:

• Nobel Conference - find information on each speaker and the topic
• Check out the Teacher Guides with classroom resources for each speaker on this page
• Campus map with bus parking

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What's Distinctive?

Since 1965, the Nobel Conference at �鶹��Ƶ has brought top scientists and thinkers to explore big discoveries and the tough questions they raise.��It’s the only event in the U.S. authorized by the Nobel Foundation to use the “Nobel” name — a really big deal.

Here, we tackle the big questions about science, ethics, and the future, and spotlight people who think critically, ask bold questions, and help shape what comes next.

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Session Schedules

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Tuesday, October 7 - Sugar in Us

• 8:30 - 9 a.m. - High School Group Check-In, Christ Chapel

Session 1 - Christ Chapel

• 9:30 a.m. - How sweet is too sweet? Health effects of sugars and artificial sweetners
  • Lecture by Frank Hu, Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• 10:15 a.m. - Sugar Less: Conquer Your Addiction
  • Lecture by Nicole Avena, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai
• 11 a.m. - Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
  • %20nobelconference [at] gustavus.edu (Submit questions here)

Lunch

• 11:45 p.m. - Complimentary Lunch in Alumni Hall (high school student groups & chaperones only)

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Breakout Sessions

• 12:30 p.m. - Breakout Sessions
  • Choose a breakout session and more about sugar from feature �鶹��Ƶ faculty and other members of the �鶹��Ƶ community.

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Session 2 - Christ Chapel

• 1:45 p.m. - Glycans: the sugars coating our cells
  • Lecture by Carolyn Bertozzi, Baker Family Director, ChEM-H Institute, Stanford University, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2022
• 2:30 p.m. - Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
  • %20nobelconference [at] gustavus.edu (Submit questions here.)

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Campus Tours

• 3:30 p.m. - Optional: Campus Tours

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The Moth StorySlam

• 7:30 p.m. - The Moth StorySLAM��Sugar: a live storytelling event

If you are staying in St. Peter, it is an option to attend this fun event from the nationally recognized Moth

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Wednesday, October 8 - Sugar in the World

• 8:30 - 9 a.m. - High School Group Check-In, Christ Chapel
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SESSION 3 - Christ Chapel

• 9 a.m. - From Luxury to Bulk: Sugar's Global Conquest
  • Lecture by Ulbe Bosma, Senior Researcher, The International Institute for Social History, Amsterdam
• 9:45 a.m. - Sugar, the Counter-Plantation, and Tricks of Imperial Discourse
  • Lecture by Jean Casimir, Professor of Humanities, Université d’État d’Haïti
• 10:30 a.m. - Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
  • %20nobelconference [at] gustavus.edu (Submit questions here)
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Lunch

• 11:30 a.m. - Complimentary Lunch in Alumni Hall
  • High school student groups & chaperones only
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SESSION 4 - Christ Chapel

• 12:30 p.m. - The Economics of Processed Commodity Sugar: Molecules to Markets to Metabolism
  • Lecture by C. Ford Runge, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Applied Economics and Law, University of Minnesota
• 1:15 p.m. - Sugar in the Hands of the Modern Pastry Chef
  • Lecture by En-Ming Hsu, Gold Medalist, Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie
• 2 p.m. - Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A
  • %20nobelconference [at] gustavus.edu (Submit questions here)
• 3 p.m. - Nobel Conference 61 Closing Remarks
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Campus Tours

• 3:30 p.m. - Optional: Campus Tours

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Registration

PLEASE NOTE: Upon chaperone registration, you will receive information about individual student registration (REQUIRED).��

Limited overnight housing is available for a small number of high school groups on a first come, first serve basis. Please contact lowens [at] gustavus.ed (Lindsey Owens) with questions.