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Nobel Laureates

Build Bridges, Not Fences: Thirty Percent of U.S. Nobel Laureates Are Foreign-born

James Witte | Posted 03.13.2013 | College
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James Witte

Not all immigrants will become Nobel Prize laureates, but what are the costs if they don't achieve their highest potential? It will be our own loss, as a nation, if immigrants are denied the opportunity to develop their talents and abilities.

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Desmond Tutu Starts Change.org Petition To Release Nobel Winner

Posted 12.10.2012 | Impact
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When Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 for his dedication to human rights in China, he and his wife were under house arrest. To this day, t...

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Nobel Laureates Reflect on Keeping America Innovative

Kathy Kemper | Posted 02.05.2013 | Politics
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Kathy Kemper

We should be taking risks, the Nobels said, not avoiding them. We should be encouraging ideas from outside the established community, from diverse sources; we should accept failure as a necessary stepping stone to revolutionary progress.

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The Surprising Figure Uniting Nobel Laureates

Jennifer Wheeler | Posted 12.16.2012 | Women
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Jennifer Wheeler

I wasn't looking for the heroine. I wanted to understand what makes some people successful. I expected economic advantage to rise to the surface as a thread that connects Nobel winners. Instead I found an altogether different and more exciting story.

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Peace Prize Winners Meet In London

AP | Posted 06.20.2012 | World
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LONDON -- Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says he has held talks with Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in London. In a messa...

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Raising the Next Nobel Laureate

Rahilla Zafar | Posted 02.26.2012 | Home
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Rahilla Zafar

Dr. Svante Lindqvist, the founding Director of the Nobel Museum, admits that winning a Nobel Prize comes down to being a matter of chance.

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WATCH: Nobel Laureate For Peace Stops By Occupy Denver

Posted 11.14.2011 | Denver
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Jody Williams, author, professor and Nobel Peace Prize winner for 1997, made a stop at Occupy Denver to voice her support of the movement. As Williams...

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The Man Who Loves Women Who Love Science

Nell Scovell | Posted 01.03.2012 | Women
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Nell Scovell

Why can't all men be like Nobel Laureate Paul Greengard?

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PHOTOS: This Year's Nobel Prize Winners

Posted 12.10.2011 | World
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Americans Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims won this year's Nobel Prize for Economics, the Nobel Committee announced on Monday in Oslo. Sargent a...

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Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner: Too Early to Talk of "Arab Spring" Until Women Gain Rights

Steve Kettmann | Posted 10.29.2011 | World
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Steve Kettmann

Shirin Ebadi offered a cautionary note about progress in the Muslim World over the weekend at the inaugural World Peace Conference in Berlin, the culmination of a weeklong World Peace Festival.

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Michele Bachman's Stance On Evolution Demolished By High School Student

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 07.31.2011 | Religion
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Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.

Not only is Bachmann a fan of creationism and its anti-intellectual offshoot, intelligent design, she's made some outlandish claims about the pseudoscientific subject.

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Peace Summit with the Dalai Lama, Eckhart Tolle, and Nobel Laureates

Catherine Ingram | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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Catherine Ingram

The weekend edition of the paper was the prelude to the Vancouver Peace Summit, a three-day gathering of luminaries including the Dalai Lama, Eckhart Tolle, Maria Shriver, numerous Nobel laureates, and a couple dozen other presenters.

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Kim Dae Jung: A Hero for Peace

Mary Wald | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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Mary Wald

Elegant is the first word that comes to mind. He was warm, with an IQ that kept you mentally running to keep up. He defied death, worked in the face of oppression and gave his all.

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March Madness: Smart Money Says Cornell

Dennis Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
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Dennis Danziger

This year I've adopted a new system. I'm betting on the colleges with the highest SAT scores and the strictest admission's policies.

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George Clooney And Don Cheadle Honored By Nobel Laureates

Access Hollywood | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
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George Clooney and Don Cheadle, long-time friends and co-stars of the "Oceans" films are set to received a distinguished honor. Clooney and Cheadle w...

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