http://chronicle.com/img/photos/biz/profhacker-45.pngBy Erin E. Templeton. This week saw the announcement of several of the 2013 Nobel Laureates: François Englert and Peter W. Higgs for Physics; Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel for Chemistry; James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Südhof for medicine, and Alice Munro for literature. Munro’s win is particularly significant: she is the first Canadian author to win the prize. Here is The New York Times on Munro’s award. Also, over at Salon, Daniel D’Addario has given us “8 things to know about Nobel Laureate Alice Munro.” While the outgoing President of the University of Michigan herself has not recieved a prize(yet), she left a fine gift for current and future Michigan students. The Chronicle reported earlier this week that Mary Sue Coleman and her husband Kenneth M. Cleman were gifting $1 million to support study abroad scholarships. More...