Editing Carlo Rubbia (section)

==Awards and honours==
In December 1984, Rubbia was nominated Cavaliere di Gran Croce [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|OMRI]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Di Laura Laurenzi |url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1984/12/19/pertini-festeggia-rubbia.html |title=Pertini Festeggia Rubbia – La Repubblica |language=it |publisher=Ricerca.repubblica.it |date=1984-12-19 |access-date=2013-09-06}}</ref>

On 30 August 2013, Rubbia was appointed to the [[Senate of Italy]] as a [[Senator for Life]] by President [[Giorgio Napolitano]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cds.cern.ch/record/1735019 |title=Carlo Rubbia appointed senator for life |access-date=1 September 2015 |website=CERN Courier |publisher=CERN}}</ref>

On 8 January 2016, he was awarded with the [[International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Award]] by the People's Republic of China.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://home.cern/news/news/cern/carlo-rubbia-awarded-chinas-highest-scientific-prize|title=Carlo Rubbia awarded China's highest scientific Prize|date=January 8, 2016|publisher=CERN News}}</ref>

Asteroid [[8398 Rubbia]] is named in his honour. He was elected a [[List of Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1984|Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 1984]].<ref name=formemrs>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106215707/https://royalsociety.org/people/carlo-rubbia-12208/ |archive-date=2015-11-06 |url=https://royalsociety.org/people/carlo-rubbia-12208/ |title=Professor Carlo Rubbia ForMemRS |publisher=[[Royal Society]] |location=London}}</ref>

In 1984, Rubbia received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#science-exploration}}</ref>