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Another Nobel in the Bag. It's No Big Deal.

Another Nobel in the Bag. It's No Big Deal.

It’s that time of year again, a time filled with anticipation and excitement just bubbling to overflow. That’s right folks: Nobel Prize Award Show Season! And, surprise, surprise, the UofC took home another one Tuesday thanks to the “physical” efforts of Yoichiro Nambu for "the discovery of t

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UChicagoWacky Faculty

Nobel Prize in Physics Shared by U of Chicago Researcher for "Symmetry Breaking"

Nobel Prize in Physics Shared by U of Chicago Researcher for "Symmetry Breaking"

The highest science prize in the land goes to one of UChicago's own. Well, him and two Japanese guys.

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Nobel Laureate Joins PSU Faculty ... Kinda

Nobel Laureate Joins PSU Faculty ... Kinda
Get mono and you might miss it.

Penn State announced that for the first time in school history, a Nobel prize winner will be a member of the University. Impressive! Dig a little more, though, and one discovers he's only going to be at University Park for about two weeks per year. Not
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Know Your Nobel Laureates!

Know Your Nobel Laureates!
UCSB’s five Nobel Laureates have accomplished a lot for the academic community, but best of all they give you something to tell people who dismiss UCSB as nothing but a party school. Finn E. Kydland, David J. Gross, Alan J. Heeger, Herbert Kroemer and Walter Kohn give your college legitimacy... MORE »
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