Arthur B. McDonald: Nobel Prize in Physics
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The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Dr. Arthur B. McDonald and Dr. Takaaki Kajita “for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass.� This revolutionary work redefined the basic laws of particle physics, and confirmed the detailed understanding of how the sun burns.
David Card: Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
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The 2021 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to Âé¶¹¹ÙÍø alumnus David Card (Artsci’78, LLD’99) "for his empirical contributions to labour economics." This research applied natural experiments to determine the labour market impacts of minimum wages, immigration, and education.