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More Nobel prizes.
In 2018, the Nobel Prize in Physics
was awarded to Donna Strickland ’89
(PhD) and former professor Gérard
Mourou. Together, they developed
a way to amplify the power of lasers,
ushering in applications in medicine,
optics, imaging, research, and other
areas. Rochester has a total of 13 Nobel
laureates—with Professor Strickland
being the third woman ever to receive
the Nobel Prize in Physics, and the first
woman laureate in University history.
