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Three Economists Win Nobel For Their Research On How Real Life Events Impact Society

By NPR News October 11, 2021

Displayed is a file photo of a Nobel Prize medal on Dec. 8, 2020. The Nobel Prize in economic sciences was awarded to three U.S-based professors for their pioneering work with "natural experiments."

Three U.S.-based economists will share this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their innovative work with "natural experiments" – events or policy changes in real life that allow researchers to analyze their impact on society. Read More

Nobel Prize In Literature Awarded To U.S. Poet Louise Glück

By NPR News October 8, 2020

Poet Louise Glück received the the National Humanities Medal from President Barack Obama in 2016. On Wednesday, Glück was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. CREDIT: Carolyn Kaster/AP

The 2020 Nobel Prize in literature was awarded to U.S. poet Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal." Continue Reading Nobel Prize In Literature Awarded To U.S. Poet Louise Read More

Toni Morrison, Whose Soaring Novels Were Rooted In Black Lives, Dies At 88

By NPR News August 6, 2019

Toni Morrison was the author of Beloved, Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Michel Euler/AP

Morrison was the author of Beloved, Song of Solomon and The Bluest Eye. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Continue Reading Toni Read More