As you may have heard, 2016 marked the year that the American singer-songwriter and poet Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for “having created …
Svetlana Alexievich: A Woman of Heartrending Prose
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature this year went to a woman named Svetlana Alexievich — one of fourteen to ever win the annual award in more …
Congratulations to Malala Yousafzai: Youngest Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Two years and one day after the assassination attempt that nearly claimed her life, activist Malala Yousafzai has been honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. Yousafzai …
Maryam Mirzakhani: First Female to Win Fields Medal
The Fields Medal is a mathematics award honoring a few mathematicians, traditionally under the age of 40, every four years for outstanding and/or highly influential research. …