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University of Nebraska President L. Dennis Smith, Ph.D., was honored Sunday with the highly coveted American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Award for Scientific Freedom and Responsibility. The ceremony was in Denver, Colo.https://www.unmc.edu/newsroom/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Smithawardgroup.jpg