This day in history we feature Malala Yousafzai. A human rights activist who advocates for the rights of women and girls and worldwide access to education was born on this day in 1997. Trivia – Malala Yousafzai Malala Yousafzai is […]
This day in history we feature Nadine Gordimer. She was a South African writer and political activist, who received the Nobel Prize in Literature on this day in 1991. Trivia – Nadine Gordimer Gordimer’s writing dealt with moral and racial […]
Born on this day in 1833, Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist, after whom the Nobel Prize was named. Did you know that: • English scientist John Dalton read his paper on the absorption of […]
The Nobel Prize for literature was awarded to American poet Louise Glück on Thursday “for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal.” The prize was announced in Stockholm by Mats Malm, the permanent secretary of […]
Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice and British-born scientist Michael Houghton won the Nobel Prize for medicine on Monday for their discovery of the hepatitis C virus, a major source of liver disease that affects millions worldwide. Announcing […]