Nobel Prize medals on display at UNC

Wednesday, April 13, 2016
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- Two Nobel Prize medals are now on display in Chapel Hill.
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UNC's Dr. Aziz Sancar earned the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2015. Dr. Oliver Smithies earned the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine in 2007.

Both men loaned their medals to UNC-Chapel Hill for the one year display: "Be Inspired: Carolina's Nobel Laureates."
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