Awards
DOI: 10.1063/1.3066477
Enrico Fermi has been awarded the Donegani gold medal for physics by Italy’s Lincei Academy, according to a recent announcement. While still in Italy, Dr. Fermi received a 1938 Nobel Prize for physics. Since January, 1939 he has lived in the United States, where he has played an important role in the American atomic energy program. He is now with the Institute for Nuclear Studies at the University of Chicago.