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Psychology professor wins $1million research prize

Dr. Laurence Steinberg, a Temple psychology professor, has been awarded the first-ever Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize by the Zurich, Switzerland-based Jacobs Foundation.

The Jacobs Foundation supports the education of young people all over the world. The foundation’s aim is “to unlock young peoples’ potential and help them to be come productive and socially productive members of society.”

Dr. Steinberg spent years on his research in adolescent developmental psychology, becoming an internationally recognized authority on the subject. His research has been used to help shape legislation regarding the treatment of juvenile offenders and has even been quoted in a Supreme Court decision banning the death penalty for minors.

His dedication to this work led the Jacobs Foundation to award him its newest prize, which was named for Founder Klaus J. Jacobs, who passed away in 2008.

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