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April 15, 2023 was an evening to remember for the Patapoutian family, as 600 guests assembled at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel to formally congratulate the first Nobel Prize winner of Armenian descent Ardem Sarkis Patapoutian, PhD.  The pioneering scientist was recognized for his breakthrough research in the field of sensory biology, deemed by the international scientific community as a gamechanger in treating conditions related to touch, pain, blood pressure, and other clinical applications.

When the names of the Nobel Prize winners for Physiology or Medicine for 2021 were announced, Ardem Patapoutian became an overnight celebrity for his groundbreaking discoveries that unlocked the secrets of human sensation. Professor Patapoutian has opened a new frontier as a pioneering American scientist, which also makes him a modern-day Armenian hero.

A few days after the world celebrated International Women’s Day, attendees from the East and West Coast and beyond gathered at the sprawling Convene conference spaces in downtown New York to pick up where they left off three years earlier at the first AGBU Women Shaping the World (WSTW) event.

"Learning a language is above all fun, and AGBU’s virtual college has really managed to capture this aspect of learning in the way the course is offered."

"Being Armenian is not about having a surname ending in – yan or – ian; it’s about living as an Armenian and defending our religion, culture, and values."