awarded
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A trio of researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work on optogenetics and discoveries on how nerve cells shape memories, feelings and behaviors in the living brain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Perhaps the most keenly anticipated award is that due on Friday, the peace prize -- the only Nobel to be awarded in Oslo.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
It’s about time, former gang members say of Homeboy Industries’ Father Greg Boyle being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
This followed uproar in the EU after Spain's Ministry of the Interior awarded Chinese tech giant Huawei a €12.3m contract to store and manage sensitive judicial wiretap data last year.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
“For answering our most important questions most correctly, it is my honor to award you the most important medal of all the very important medals awarded thus far: the Yertle the Turtle.”
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
