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Leonard Susskind wins 2025 Galileo Medal

Leonard Susskind, the Felix Bloch Professor in Physics, is one of two scientists who has been awarded the 2025 Galileo Galilei Medal from Italy's National Institute for Nuclear Physics and its Galileo Galilei Institute for Theoretical Physics. The prize is awarded every two years to researchers who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of research in theoretical physics. Susskind was honored for his work in uncovering and deciphering the challenges of black holes to the classical and quantum nature of gravity, while also making connections between elementary particles and the cosmos. 

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Russell Poldrack named 2023 British Academy fellow

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Gordon H. Chang awarded 2023-24 research fellowship from The Huntington

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Kathryn Olivarius receives 2023 Frederick Jackson Turner Award

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