Harvey Alter \u201956, \u201960M (MD), discovery of Hepatitis C virus<\/h3>\n
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2020 Nobel Prize laureate Harvey Alter \u201956, \u201960M (MD) received the University’s highest alumni award in 2015 (University photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/p>\n
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2018 Prize in Physics<\/strong><\/h2>\nDonna Strickland \u201989 (PhD) and G\u00e9rard Mourou, developers of \u201cchirped-pulse amplification\u201d in lasers<\/h3>\n
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G\u00e9rard Mourou, left, photographed in Rochester in 1987, and Donna Strickland \u201989 (PhD), seen aligning an optical fiber in her lab in Rochester in 1985. The pair shared half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics “for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses.” (University photos)<\/p>\n
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2018 Prize in Economic Sciences<\/strong><\/h2>\nPaul Romer, developer of the endogenous growth theory<\/h3>\n
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Paul Romer, a former assistant professor of economics at ÌÇÐÄlogo was recognized as a pioneer of the endogenous growth theory, which integrates technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis. (TT News Agency via AP photos)<\/p>\n
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2017 Prize in Economic Sciences<\/strong><\/h2>\nRichard Thaler \u201974 (PhD), one of the founders of behavioral economics.<\/h3>\n
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Richard Thaler \u201974 (PhD), a professor of economics at the University of Chicago and one of the founders of the discipline of behavioral economics, receives an honorary doctor of science degree from the University of Rochester in 2010. (University photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/p>\n
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2002 Nobel Prize in Physics<\/strong><\/h2>\nMasatoshi Koshiba \u201955 (PhD), a physicist who led work to detect the subatomic particles known as neutrinos.<\/h3>\n
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Masatoshi Koshiba, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, attends a press conference at in Tokyo after receiving the news Tuesday that he and two American researchers won the Nobel Prize in Physics for \u201cpioneering contributions to astrophysics.\u201d (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1997 Nobel Prize in Physics<\/strong><\/h2>\nPhysicist Steven Chu \u201970, former Secretary of Energy who developed methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.<\/h3>\n
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Steven Chu, then at Stanford University, receives the Nobel Prize in Physics from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm in 1997. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1993 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences<\/strong><\/h2>\nRobert Fogel, an economist who pioneered quantitative analyses of social history.<\/h3>\n
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Robert Fogel, a member of the Rochester economics faculty in the 1960s and 1970s, speaks to reporters in his University of Chicago office in 1993, as wife, Enid, looks on after learning that he had shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. (Eugene Garcia\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nCarleton Gajdusek \u201943, who is credited with discovering the infectious disease mechanism of prions.<\/h3>\n
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The Nobel Prize winners for 1976 gather at the United States ambassador\u2019s residence in Stockholm in 1976. From left: Burton Richter, corecipient in physics; Carleton Gajdusek, corecipient in medicine; William Lipscomb, chemistry; Saul Bellow, literature; Samuel Ting, corecipient in physics; Milton Friedman, economics; and Baruch Blumberg, corecipient in medicine. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nArthur Kornberg \u201941M (MD), who first discovered a way to synthesize DNA.<\/h3>\n
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Arthur Kornberg receives his Nobel Prize for medicine from King Gustav Adolf of Sweden in 1959 for his pioneering research of a basic mechanism of heredity. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry<\/strong><\/h2>\nVincent du Vigneaud \u201927 (PhD), a biochemist, for research on sulfur-containing compounds<\/h3>\n
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Vincent du Vigneaud, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, went on to a faculty position at Cornell University Medical School. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nBiochemist Henrik Dam for his discovery of vitamin K.<\/h3>\n
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A member of the faculty in the 1940s, Henrik Dam was a corecipient of the 1944 Nobel Prize for work on vitamin K. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nGeorge Whipple, founding dean of School of Medicine and Dentistry for his work to develop a therapy for anemia.<\/h3>\n
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In an April 1935 photo, George Whipple (far right) is joined by other 1934 laureates H.C. Urey (chemistry) and George Minot and William Murphy, who shared the prize in medicine or physiology with Whipple. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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G\u00e9rard Mourou, left, photographed in Rochester in 1987, and Donna Strickland \u201989 (PhD), seen aligning an optical fiber in her lab in Rochester in 1985. The pair shared half of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics “for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses.” (University photos)<\/p>\nPaul Romer, developer of the endogenous growth theory<\/h3>\n
Paul Romer, a former assistant professor of economics at ÌÇÐÄlogo was recognized as a pioneer of the endogenous growth theory, which integrates technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis. (TT News Agency via AP photos)<\/p>\n
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2017 Prize in Economic Sciences<\/strong><\/h2>\nRichard Thaler \u201974 (PhD), one of the founders of behavioral economics.<\/h3>\n
Richard Thaler \u201974 (PhD), a professor of economics at the University of Chicago and one of the founders of the discipline of behavioral economics, receives an honorary doctor of science degree from the University of Rochester in 2010. (University photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/p>\n
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2002 Nobel Prize in Physics<\/strong><\/h2>\nMasatoshi Koshiba \u201955 (PhD), a physicist who led work to detect the subatomic particles known as neutrinos.<\/h3>\n
Masatoshi Koshiba, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, attends a press conference at in Tokyo after receiving the news Tuesday that he and two American researchers won the Nobel Prize in Physics for \u201cpioneering contributions to astrophysics.\u201d (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1997 Nobel Prize in Physics<\/strong><\/h2>\nPhysicist Steven Chu \u201970, former Secretary of Energy who developed methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.<\/h3>\n
Steven Chu, then at Stanford University, receives the Nobel Prize in Physics from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm in 1997. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1993 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences<\/strong><\/h2>\nRobert Fogel, an economist who pioneered quantitative analyses of social history.<\/h3>\n
Robert Fogel, a member of the Rochester economics faculty in the 1960s and 1970s, speaks to reporters in his University of Chicago office in 1993, as wife, Enid, looks on after learning that he had shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. (Eugene Garcia\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nCarleton Gajdusek \u201943, who is credited with discovering the infectious disease mechanism of prions.<\/h3>\n
The Nobel Prize winners for 1976 gather at the United States ambassador\u2019s residence in Stockholm in 1976. From left: Burton Richter, corecipient in physics; Carleton Gajdusek, corecipient in medicine; William Lipscomb, chemistry; Saul Bellow, literature; Samuel Ting, corecipient in physics; Milton Friedman, economics; and Baruch Blumberg, corecipient in medicine. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nArthur Kornberg \u201941M (MD), who first discovered a way to synthesize DNA.<\/h3>\n
Arthur Kornberg receives his Nobel Prize for medicine from King Gustav Adolf of Sweden in 1959 for his pioneering research of a basic mechanism of heredity. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry<\/strong><\/h2>\nVincent du Vigneaud \u201927 (PhD), a biochemist, for research on sulfur-containing compounds<\/h3>\n
Vincent du Vigneaud, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, went on to a faculty position at Cornell University Medical School. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nBiochemist Henrik Dam for his discovery of vitamin K.<\/h3>\n
A member of the faculty in the 1940s, Henrik Dam was a corecipient of the 1944 Nobel Prize for work on vitamin K. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nGeorge Whipple, founding dean of School of Medicine and Dentistry for his work to develop a therapy for anemia.<\/h3>\n
In an April 1935 photo, George Whipple (far right) is joined by other 1934 laureates H.C. Urey (chemistry) and George Minot and William Murphy, who shared the prize in medicine or physiology with Whipple. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Richard Thaler \u201974 (PhD), a professor of economics at the University of Chicago and one of the founders of the discipline of behavioral economics, receives an honorary doctor of science degree from the University of Rochester in 2010. (University photo \/ J. Adam Fenster)<\/p>\nMasatoshi Koshiba \u201955 (PhD), a physicist who led work to detect the subatomic particles known as neutrinos.<\/h3>\n
Masatoshi Koshiba, a professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, attends a press conference at in Tokyo after receiving the news Tuesday that he and two American researchers won the Nobel Prize in Physics for \u201cpioneering contributions to astrophysics.\u201d (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1997 Nobel Prize in Physics<\/strong><\/h2>\nPhysicist Steven Chu \u201970, former Secretary of Energy who developed methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.<\/h3>\n
Steven Chu, then at Stanford University, receives the Nobel Prize in Physics from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm in 1997. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1993 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences<\/strong><\/h2>\nRobert Fogel, an economist who pioneered quantitative analyses of social history.<\/h3>\n
Robert Fogel, a member of the Rochester economics faculty in the 1960s and 1970s, speaks to reporters in his University of Chicago office in 1993, as wife, Enid, looks on after learning that he had shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. (Eugene Garcia\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nCarleton Gajdusek \u201943, who is credited with discovering the infectious disease mechanism of prions.<\/h3>\n
The Nobel Prize winners for 1976 gather at the United States ambassador\u2019s residence in Stockholm in 1976. From left: Burton Richter, corecipient in physics; Carleton Gajdusek, corecipient in medicine; William Lipscomb, chemistry; Saul Bellow, literature; Samuel Ting, corecipient in physics; Milton Friedman, economics; and Baruch Blumberg, corecipient in medicine. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nArthur Kornberg \u201941M (MD), who first discovered a way to synthesize DNA.<\/h3>\n
Arthur Kornberg receives his Nobel Prize for medicine from King Gustav Adolf of Sweden in 1959 for his pioneering research of a basic mechanism of heredity. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry<\/strong><\/h2>\nVincent du Vigneaud \u201927 (PhD), a biochemist, for research on sulfur-containing compounds<\/h3>\n
Vincent du Vigneaud, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, went on to a faculty position at Cornell University Medical School. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nBiochemist Henrik Dam for his discovery of vitamin K.<\/h3>\n
A member of the faculty in the 1940s, Henrik Dam was a corecipient of the 1944 Nobel Prize for work on vitamin K. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nGeorge Whipple, founding dean of School of Medicine and Dentistry for his work to develop a therapy for anemia.<\/h3>\n
In an April 1935 photo, George Whipple (far right) is joined by other 1934 laureates H.C. Urey (chemistry) and George Minot and William Murphy, who shared the prize in medicine or physiology with Whipple. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Steven Chu, then at Stanford University, receives the Nobel Prize in Physics from Swedish King Carl XVI Gustaf in Stockholm in 1997. (AP Photo)<\/p>\nRobert Fogel, an economist who pioneered quantitative analyses of social history.<\/h3>\n
Robert Fogel, a member of the Rochester economics faculty in the 1960s and 1970s, speaks to reporters in his University of Chicago office in 1993, as wife, Enid, looks on after learning that he had shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. (Eugene Garcia\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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1976 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nCarleton Gajdusek \u201943, who is credited with discovering the infectious disease mechanism of prions.<\/h3>\n
The Nobel Prize winners for 1976 gather at the United States ambassador\u2019s residence in Stockholm in 1976. From left: Burton Richter, corecipient in physics; Carleton Gajdusek, corecipient in medicine; William Lipscomb, chemistry; Saul Bellow, literature; Samuel Ting, corecipient in physics; Milton Friedman, economics; and Baruch Blumberg, corecipient in medicine. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nArthur Kornberg \u201941M (MD), who first discovered a way to synthesize DNA.<\/h3>\n
Arthur Kornberg receives his Nobel Prize for medicine from King Gustav Adolf of Sweden in 1959 for his pioneering research of a basic mechanism of heredity. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry<\/strong><\/h2>\nVincent du Vigneaud \u201927 (PhD), a biochemist, for research on sulfur-containing compounds<\/h3>\n
Vincent du Vigneaud, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, went on to a faculty position at Cornell University Medical School. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nBiochemist Henrik Dam for his discovery of vitamin K.<\/h3>\n
A member of the faculty in the 1940s, Henrik Dam was a corecipient of the 1944 Nobel Prize for work on vitamin K. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nGeorge Whipple, founding dean of School of Medicine and Dentistry for his work to develop a therapy for anemia.<\/h3>\n
In an April 1935 photo, George Whipple (far right) is joined by other 1934 laureates H.C. Urey (chemistry) and George Minot and William Murphy, who shared the prize in medicine or physiology with Whipple. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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The Nobel Prize winners for 1976 gather at the United States ambassador\u2019s residence in Stockholm in 1976. From left: Burton Richter, corecipient in physics; Carleton Gajdusek, corecipient in medicine; William Lipscomb, chemistry; Saul Bellow, literature; Samuel Ting, corecipient in physics; Milton Friedman, economics; and Baruch Blumberg, corecipient in medicine. (AP Photo)<\/p>\nArthur Kornberg \u201941M (MD), who first discovered a way to synthesize DNA.<\/h3>\n
Arthur Kornberg receives his Nobel Prize for medicine from King Gustav Adolf of Sweden in 1959 for his pioneering research of a basic mechanism of heredity. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry<\/strong><\/h2>\nVincent du Vigneaud \u201927 (PhD), a biochemist, for research on sulfur-containing compounds<\/h3>\n
Vincent du Vigneaud, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, went on to a faculty position at Cornell University Medical School. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nBiochemist Henrik Dam for his discovery of vitamin K.<\/h3>\n
A member of the faculty in the 1940s, Henrik Dam was a corecipient of the 1944 Nobel Prize for work on vitamin K. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n
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1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine<\/strong><\/h2>\nGeorge Whipple, founding dean of School of Medicine and Dentistry for his work to develop a therapy for anemia.<\/h3>\n
In an April 1935 photo, George Whipple (far right) is joined by other 1934 laureates H.C. Urey (chemistry) and George Minot and William Murphy, who shared the prize in medicine or physiology with Whipple. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Vincent du Vigneaud, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, went on to a faculty position at Cornell University Medical School. (Getty Images)<\/p>\nBiochemist Henrik Dam for his discovery of vitamin K.<\/h3>\n
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