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Education
College Speaking Fees Gone Wrong: Rutgers Paid Snooki More Than Toni Morrison
The school paid the Jersey Shore reality star $32,000 for a Q&A with students. Toni Morrison is only getting $30,000 to speak at commencement.
News
An Empty Chair Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
The Chinese government is the first since the Nazis to prevent anyone from accepting the award.
Business
It's Nobel Time: Economics
Today's winners work on a resonant problem: What happens when the jobs that are available aren't the right jobs for the unemployed.
Business
How Much Would You Pay to Rent a Nobel Laureate?
Now you can rent an hour with all kinds of experts: world-class economists, a "Darwinian dating coach," or pro poker players.
News
At the Local Level, What’s a Nobel Peace Prize Worth?
Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf struggles toward re-election.
Lifestyle
It's Nobel Prize Time: Medicine
It's the first day of Nobel week! Today's winner, in Medicine: Robert G. Edwards, the man behind in-vitro fertilization
Technology
It's Nobel Time: Physics (and an Amazing New Material You Need to Hear About)
The winners are two Russian scientists who have created a material that is both the thinnest and strongest in the world.
Technology
It's Nobel Time: Chemistry
Today's prize went to three scientists who created a new chemical reaction that is responsible for more than a quarter of all drugs on the market.
News
The Nobel Peace Prize: Who Will Win?
Handicapping the Peace Prize shows a Chinese dissident in the lead, but with Bono right behind him.
Culture
It's Nobel Time: Literature
The winner, largely a surprise choice, is the Peruvian novelist and politician Mario Vargas Llosa.
Environment
Testing Obama's Medal
How Obama can overcome incredulous reactions and truly earn his Nobel Peace Prize in Copenhagen. They're still scraping jaws off the floors of...
Environment
This Week at TreeHugger: Climate Showdown in Bangkok and Water (Fountains) Under the (Solar) Bridge
Just before he won the Nobel, Obama got dissed at climate talks in Bangkok. TreeHugger spoke with Oxfam's lead climate representative about the...
News
On Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech
President Barack Obama delivered a sober speech upon accepting his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Thursday (video after the jump). Speaking with grace...
GOOD Blog
Who Will Win the Nobel Peace Prize?
The Nobel Prize for medicine was announced today, marking the beginning of another exciting Nobel week, with prizes given out every day from now...
The Community Board
Obama's call to action
For those of you not on Obama's mailing list, this is the full message, of which you may have heard snippets elsewhere, that came earlier today in...
