The University of Utah’s own Mario Capecchi, 2007 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine (shared with two other scientists), stands next to former Vice President Al Gore, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, in the Oval Office at the White House. The laureates were hosted by President George W. Bush on November 26. Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times.

2007 Nobel Prize Winners

Economics
Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin, and Roger B. Myerson

Peace
Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Literature
Doris Lessing

Physics
Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg

Chemistry
Gerhard Ertl

Medicine
Mario R. Capecchi, Oliver Smithies, and Martin J. Evans