So concludes Jay’s excellent piece about Vernon Smith, the 2002 winner of the Nobel prize in economics — which he won while he was a professor at George Mason University, my alma mater.

“We loved him,” says Smith of Pauling. “He was just so personable. His lectures were just exciting.” Pauling would win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1954 — and the Nobel Peace Prize in 196 ...

GENEVA — Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn told the Class of 2024 during Sunday’s Commencement ceremony that building ...

What’s going on that so many predicted storms seemed to have missed Wichita this spring? And what’s it like for ...

A.J. Smith died on Sunday at 75 years old. ASSOCIATED PRESS Smith’s son, Kyle Smith, is the assistant general manager in Atlanta. Smith spent 35 years in the NFL, starting as a part-time scout ...

She’s a longtime equality campaigner once recognised in a list among the world’s biggest names in politics, he’s a corporate ...

Alice Munro, the Canadian literary icon and Nobel laureate, died at the age of 92 at her home in Port Hope, Ontario. Her works, including "Dear Life," "Too Much Happiness," "The View from Castle ...

After postdoctoral work at Ottawa and Princeton, he made his career at the University of Toronto. Michael Smith shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on site-directed mutagenesis. In the ...

Chatto & Windus has paid tribute to author and Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro, who has died at the age of 92. Her long-time ...

On the eve of Cannes, film financing and sales outfit Mister Smith Entertainment has made several key promotions as well as adding a new hire to its team. Shane Kelly, who has been with the ...

Nobel-Droke, Modesty Dawn, 34, of Brentwood passed away October 28. She was a bartender. Services will be held in Silver City, New Mexico. Arrangements by Smith & Witter Funeral Home, (510) 758-5466.