Nobel Prize

Washington University professor Philip Dybvig wins Nobel Prize in economics

Jonathan Ahl

Dybvig, along with co-author Douglas Diamond and former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, are sharing the award for their work on the role banks play in stabilizing the economy and how a financial crisis can undermine them.

Dr. George Smith Accepts His Nobel Prize in Stockholm

Nathan Lawrence

University of Missouri Professor Emeritus George Smith has received the university’s first-ever Nobel Prize. In a ceremony Monday, he was recognized by...

George Smith, a retired biology professor at the University of Missouri-Columbia

Health, Science & Environment

Retired Mizzou biology professor wins the Nobel Prize in chemistry

Eli Chen

When retired biologist George Smith picked up the phone at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, he wasn’t expecting it to be the Swedish Academy.“It’s kind of a common…

George Smith answers phone calls at his home on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 after the announcement that he won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Longtime MU Professor George Smith Wins 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Ryan Famuliner

The University of Missouri has its first ever Nobel Prize. Professor Emeritus George Smith shares the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with two other...

Health, Science & Environment

Obituary of Rita Levi-Montalcini: Nobel Prize-wininng neurophysiologist worked at Washington U.

Gloria S. Ross

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 1, 2013 - By the time she arrived in St. Louis in 1947, Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini had overcome…

Government, Politics & Issues

Commentary: Nobel prizes: How far have women come?

Lana Stein

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 28, 2009 - The modern feminist movement began in the mid-1960s. Until that time, women with…