October 1, 2004

Ig Nobel awards pay tribute to world\'s oddballs

Criminal Justice professor Steven Stack, together with colleague James Gundlach of Auburn University, won this year\'s medicine Ig Nobel for their 1992 country music and suicide study. The annual lg Nobel awards, presented at Harvard University, recognize a distinctive mix of unusual research and scientific satire. The awards are conferred a week before the Nobel prizes are offered in Stockholm. \"I\'m happy about it. It gives you some national recognition for your work,\" Stack said.

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