laureate

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Then, in January, Esa-Pekka Salonen, named music conductor laureate in 2009 after his transformative 17 years as music director, begins his first concerts in his new role of creative director, assuring the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

In Peruvian literature he is considered second only to Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, who died last year.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

Inside Iran, opposition figures have been repressed and imprisoned, as was the case with jailed 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Just this week, Richard Axel, a Nobel laureate Columbia professor, and Lawrence Summers, the decorated economist and former Harvard president, stepped down from positions at their institutions because of their Epstein ties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Rabi, a Nobel laureate and veteran of the MIT Rad Lab and the Manhattan Project.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik