Article: NOBEL PRIZE WINNER HALL AT MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY: PURSUE SOMETHING FUN, USEFUL, TRANSFORMING

Montana State University issued the following press release:

Students should pursue something "totally fun" that interests them, is useful to others and transforms their tiny corner of the world, a Nobel Prize winner said on his latest visit to Montana State University.

Speaking Thursday and Friday to students and faculty, John L. "Jan" Hall said they shouldn't focus on winning the Nobel Prize or any other award.

"If that's your objective, you may as well stop already because that won't get you any place," Hall said. "Any prize is totally by accident."

Hall, from Boulder, Colo., won a 2005 Nobel Prize in physics for his work in optics, lasers and precise measurements. He spent 44 years ...

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