Nobel Laureate in Chattanooga

Elinor Ostrom Ph.D., the first woman to win the Nobel in Economic Sciences, will speak Nov. 17 at University of Tennessee -Chattanooga. The TFP reports.

Nobel Prize to President Obama

In what is being described as a "stunning" decision, the Nobel Committee has awarded the Peace Prize to President Barack Obama. The Washington Post reports.

New honor for VU alum, Grameen Bank founder

President Barack Obama has named Muhammad Yunus (at left), a 2006 Nobel Prize recipient and Vanderbilt University alumnus (Economics Ph.D., 1971), as one of 16 recipients of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. In 1983, Yunus created the renowned Grameen Bank in his native Bangladesh, to provide small low-interest loans to the poor to help better their livelihood and communities. The White House release is here.