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  Tanksley wins Wolf Prize
CU's Steven Tanksley is a co-recipient of the prestigious Wolf Prize
Each year since 1978, the Wolf Foundation, which is based in Israel, has awarded five Wolf Prizes to outstanding living scientists in agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, medicine and physics as well as one to a person in the arts.
The prizes are intended to promote science and art for the benefit of humanity, and prize winners are selected by international committees of three renowned experts in each field.
www.news.cornell.edu /Chronicle/04/1.22.04/Tanksley-Wolf_Prize.html   (766 words)

  
 Academy Members Earn Wolf Prizes in Medicine and the Arts
He has won several prizes in conjunction with Professor Hershko, including the Albert Lasker Award and the Alfred Sloan Prize, and is widely recognized as a leader in the field of intercellular research.
Siza To Recieve Wolf Prize in the Arts
The Wolf Prizes were established by the late German-born inventor and diplomat Dr. Ricardo Wolf and are awarded annually in the fields of agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, physics, and the arts.
www.amacad.org /news/wolfartmed.aspx   (379 words)

  
 Wolf Prize In Medicine To Weizmann Scientists
The Prize committee announced that Sela and Arnon are being honored "for their major discoveries in the field of immunology." In citing their achievements, the committee noted that the two scientists were the first to introduce synthetic polypeptides, or protein fragments, into immunological research.
The Wolf Prize, which is bestowed annually for outstanding achievements in agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, physics and the arts, and involves an award of US$100,000, will be presented to Sela and Arnon by President Ezer Weizman at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, on May 10.
The Wolf Prize is awarded by the Wolf Foundation, which was established in 1976 by the late Dr. Ricardo Wolf, an inventor, diplomat and philanthropist, and his wife Francisca Subirana-Wolf, for the purpose of promoting science and art for the benefit of mankind.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/1998-02/WI-WPIM-050298.php   (469 words)

  
 Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
Not only is the “art for art’s sake” attitude of Barenboim alien to Judaism, it is discredited by developments in contemporary arts’ transition from modernism to postmodernism.
In my research as art professor at Columbia University and research fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), I have found that there is a powerful confluence between new postmodern directions in the arts and Jewish consciousness.
He is former Professor and Chairman of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Dean of Visual Arts, New World School of the Arts, University of Florida's arts college in Miami, Associate Professor of Art and Education at Columbia University and Bar-Ilan University, and Research Fellow at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
www.israelnn.com /article.php3?id=3119   (949 words)

  
 Illinois professor awarded the 2002/3 Wolf Prize in Physics
He was cited in the announcement of the 1996 Nobel Prize in physics for assisting the prize winners in their interpretation of the experiments that led to a breakthrough in low-temperature physics.
Based in Israel, the Wolf Foundation was established in 1976 by the late Ricardo Wolf, a German-born diplomat and philanthropist who immigrated to Cuba and served as Cuban ambassador to Israel, where he died in 1981.
Wolf prizes are awarded annually in recognition of outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, agriculture and the arts.
www.news.uiuc.edu /news/03/0115leggett.html   (337 words)

  
 Princeton - PWB 020199 - Stein wins Wolf Prize   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Princeton faculty have now won the Wolf Prize in mathematics for each of the last three years it was given.
The German-born diplomat Ricardo Wolf established the Wolf Prize in 1978.
The prize, which includes a gift of $100,000, is awarded to outstanding scientists and artists "for achievement in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among people." Each year it is awarded in four out of five scientific fields, in rotation: agriculture, chemistry, math, medicine and physics.
www.princeton.edu /pr/pwb/99/0201/wolf.htm   (390 words)

  
 Archinect : News : Nouvel wins Wolf Prize
Jean Nouvel has won the Wolf Prize for the Arts in 2005.
The Wolf Prize rotates annually among architecture, music, painting, and sculpture.
The Israel-based Wolf Foundation was established by the late German-born inventor, diplomat and philanthropist, Dr. Ricardo Wolf.
www.archinect.com /news/article.php?id=13322_0_24_0_C   (500 words)

  
 NIH Record--3/04/2003--NICHD Grantees Receive Wolf Prize   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Roberts and Bazer are sharing the Wolf Prize for their work in identifying interferon-tau and other proteins and mechanisms that regulate embryo development, fetal growth and the immune system.
The Wolf Prize is given through a foundation established by the late Dr. Ricardo Wolf, a German-born inventor, diplomat and philanthropist.
A sixth prize, in the arts, rotates annually among the fields of architecture, music, painting and sculpture.
www.nih.gov /news/NIH-Record/03_04_2003/story07.htm   (328 words)

  
 Two Wolf Prize awards announced   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Stanford professor Richard Zare is to receive the 2005 prize in chemistry for using laser techniques to identify "complex mechanisms in molecules," the foundation said.
Jean Nouvel will receive the arts prize for his work in contemporary architecture, the foundation said.
Israeli President Moshe Katsav is to award the prizes in a ceremony at Israel's parliament May 22.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/news/archive/2005/01/25/international1702EST0710.DTL&type=printable   (89 words)

  
 Kleppner awarded international Wolf Prize for physics - MIT News Office
Kleppner, the Lester Wolfe Professor of Physics, was cited by the foundation for making "fundamental contributions to atomic physics and quantum optics, mainly using hydrogen and hydrogen-like atoms.
Wolf Prizes have been awarded since 1978 to outstanding scientists and artists "for achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among peoples, irrespective of nationality, race, color, religion, sex or political view."
The prizes are given every year in four out of five scientific fields, in rotation (agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, medicine and physics), as well as an arts field.
web.mit.edu /newsoffice/2005/wolf.html   (382 words)

  
 Penn: Office of University Communications: Brinster a Recipient of the Wolf Prize in Medicine
Brinster shares the prize with Oliver Smithies of the University of North Carolina and Mario R. Capecchi of the University of Utah.
The Wolf Foundation was established in Israel by the late Ricardo Wolf who served as Cuba's ambassador to Israel.
The Wolf Prize in Medicine has been awarded since 1978 "for achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among peoples, irrespective of nationality, race, color, religion, sex or political view." There are also prizes in agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, physics and the arts.
www.upenn.edu /pennnews/article.php?id=40   (291 words)

  
 Organic Chemist Peter Schultz wins Wolf Prize in Chemistry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Israeli-based Wolf Foundation has presented the award each year since 1978 to honor achievements in agriculture, mathematics, chemistry, physics, medicine, and the arts.
The Wolf Prize will be presented to Schultz by the president of Israel this March in Jerusalem.
Past LBL winners of the Wolf Prize include Alexander Pines of the Materials Sciences Division, and the late George Pimentel, former head of LBL's Chemical Biodynamics Division.
www.lbl.gov /Science-Articles/Archive/Peter-Schultz-Wolf-Prize.html   (352 words)

  
 Linden St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts - POSTCARD SHOW 2005
The winner of the 2005 Postcard Show 1st Prize Bendigo Bank Award of $5,000 is Louis Pratt for his sculpture The Ambassador’s Skull, a 3 dimensional epoxy resin print of a distorted human skull.
The 2nd Prize, the Dog’s Bar Award of $2,000 went to Anna Hoyle for her work Magic Sucker and the Patio Interloper #3, for her whimsical contemporary Japonaiserie in ink on paper.
In addition to the major prize winners, six works were also chosen to be reproduced as postcards, which is where the show gets its name.
lindenarts.org /show_postcard2005   (1096 words)

  
 ARTTalk - FREE Copy - Vol. 8, No. 4 - A Little Art History, Competitions, WaterMedia, Art Marketplace, Framing, ...
Art illustrations can be created by using advanced computer graphics software that allows the artist to paint images on a computer screen and then instantly print the results.
Posters are economical and full of the vitality of the original work of art, yet printed on paper and with printing methods that do not support long life.
Poster art is likely used in places where the subject matter, color and emotion are the issues, not the creation of an heirloom art presentation.
www.arttalk.com /archives/vol-08/artv0804.htm   (4331 words)

  
 Bellwether 56: Ralph Brinster a Recipient of Wolf Prize in Medicine
The Wolf Prize Jury cited him “for the development of procedures to manipulate mouse ova and embryos, which has enabled transgenesis and its applications in mice.” Dr. Brinster shares the prize with two other scientists, Dr. Oliver Smithies of the University of North Carolina, and Dr. Mario R. Capecchi, of the University of Utah.
The Wolf Prize in Medicine has been awarded since 1978 “for achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among peoples, irrespective of nationality, race, color, religion, sex, or political view.” There is also a prize in agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, physics and the arts.
The 2002-03 Wolf Prizes will be conferred by the Israeli President Moshe Katsav at a special ceremony at the Knesset in Jerusalem on May 11, 2003.
www.vet.upenn.edu /schoolresources/communications/publications/bellwether/56/brinster.html   (351 words)

  
 Weinberg wins Wolf Prize - MIT News Office
Professor of Biology Robert A. Weinberg shares the 2004 Wolf Prize in Medicine for his groundbreaking discoveries in molecular oncology.
The $100,000 prize was awarded jointly to Weinberg, who is a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and Roger Yonchien Tsien of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the University of California at San Diego.
According to the the Israel-based Wolf Foundation Council, "Weinberg is recognized as one of the major contributors to our understanding of the origins of cancer in human beings.
web.mit.edu /newsoffice/2004/weinberg-0128.html   (302 words)

  
 Bott Wins Israel's Wolf Foundation Prize in Mathematics
The Wolf Foundation, an Israel-based organization dedicated to the promotion of science and art, has named Raoul Bott, the William Caspar Graustein Research Professor of Mathematics, winner of the 2000 Wolf Foundation Prize in mathematics.
His first major contribution was the application of Morse theory to the topology of Lie groups, which led to the famous "periodicity theorems." He was a major contributor to the development of K-theory and also worked on Yang-Mills theory, moduli spaces of vector bundles, and elliptic genera.
In the arts, the prize is given in one of four rotating categories: architecture, music, painting, and sculpture.
www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2000/03.09/bott.html   (461 words)

  
 Hebrew University professor wins Wolf Prize in Medicine for work in cancer research
All three recipients were awarded the prize for their research in cancer development and treatment.
The Wolf Prize is recognized as being among the world's most prestigious prizes in science and the arts.
The Wolf Prize is awarded by the Wolf Foundation, established by the late German-born inventor, diplomat and philanthropist, Dr. Ricardo Wolf.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-01/huoj-hup011705.php   (395 words)

  
 Wolf Prize in Arts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Past winners of the Wolf Prize in Arts:
¹ The prize rotates annually between architecture, music, painting and sculpture.
This page was last modified 10:41, 22 October 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wolf_Prize_in_Arts   (70 words)

  
 Guggenheim Collection - Artist - Nauman - Biography
He studied art, mathematics, and physics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison from 1960 to 1964.
In 1972, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, organized the first solo museum exhibition of the artist’s work, which traveled in Europe and the United States.
Nauman has received many honors, including an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1989, the Max Beckmann Prize in 1990, the Wolf Prize in Arts-Sculpture in 1993, and the Wexner Prize in 1994.
www.guggenheimcollection.org /site/artist_bio_117.html   (385 words)

  
 Anthony Leggett, 2002/03 Wolf Prize   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Wolf Foundation announced on January 13, 2003, that Anthony J. Leggett and Bertrand I. Halperin will share the 2002/03 Physics Prize for research on condensed forms of matter.
In the arts, the Prize rotates among architecture, music, painting, and sculpture.
The 2002/03 Wolf Prizes will be conferred by the President of the State of Israel, Mr.
www.physics.uiuc.edu /People/Faculty/profiles/Leggett/Wolf.html   (287 words)

  
 Office of Public Affairs at Yale - News Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
New Haven, Conn. — The Prize Committee for Mathematics of the Wolf Foundation has unanimously selected Gregory A. Margulis, Erastus L. DeForest Professor of Mathematics at Yale as recipient of the 2005 Wolf Prize in Mathematics for his exceptional contributions to algebra and his creative synthesis of ideas and methods from different areas of mathematics.
Since 1978, five or six yearly prizes, consisting of a diploma and $100,000, are awarded to outstanding living scientists and artists.
Prize winners are selected by international committees of three renowned experts in each field.
www.yale.edu /opa/newsr/05-02-23-03.all.html   (391 words)

  
 Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
When I started working at Wolf Trap 20 years ago, I was close to the same age as the singers.
Even when we’re fairly sure that the auditioner isn’t ready for our program, we feel strongly that one of the things we can do for developing singers is offer them repeated experience with the process of auditioning.
Poor Thomas cheerfully hoisting my bags as well as his own…normally a fiercely independent person, I’ve decided to accept assistance on this front since I seem to have done some damage to my right rotator cuff.
www.wolf-trap.org /opera/blog111904.html   (507 words)

  
 Wolf Prize Recipients in the Arts
The living greatest, original and poetic visionary among the pioneers of modern art, whose glowing colours and human warmth have both a deep personal meaning and universal appeal; and ANTONI TAPIES, Barcelona, Spain.
His architecture, rooted in deep reading of human cultures, has given shape to processes of ritual and assembly in forms of haunting presence; and Sir DENYS LASDUN, London, U. K., With architecture as a social art, he enhances the relations between people through primary architectural means that far transcend style.
FREI OTTO, Leonberg, Germany, and ALDO van EYCK, Amsterdam, Holland, for their fundamental structural contributions to the advancement of contemporary architecture as a social and technical art form in the evolution of the Twentieth Century.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Society_&_Culture/wolfart.html   (687 words)

  
 FT.com / Comment & Analysis / Columnists
Martin Wolf is associate editor and chief economics commentator at the Financial Times.
Mr Wolf was joint winner of the Wincott Foundation senior prize for excellence in financial journalism in both 1989 and 1997 and won the RTZ David Watt memorial prize in 1994.
Martin Wolf: A prize for a divided world  Oct 11 2005
news.ft.com /comment/columnists/martinwolf   (689 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | U. geneticist to get Wolf Prize   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Capecchi shares the Wolf Prize with Oliver Smithies of the University of North Carolina and Ralph Brinster of the University of Pennsylvania.
Though they work independently of each other, their collective work in gene mutation and gene modification is being credited with allowing researchers to develop models of diseases that include hypertension, diabetes and cancer, helping to pave the way toward a better understanding of how they work.
The Wolf Prize was founded by German-born inventor Ricardo Wolf.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,485033605,00.html   (700 words)

  
 CNN Programs - Anchors/Reporters - Wolf Blitzer
Wolf Blitzer is the anchor of CNN's The Situation Room, an afternoon news program that combines traditional reporting methods with the newest innovative online resources, making the entire process of newsgathering more transparent and placing the latest news and information at the viewers' fingertips.
Blitzer also hosts Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer, the only Sunday talk show seen in more than 200 countries and territories.
After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Blitzer began hosting an additional weekday edition of Wolf Blitzer Reports which looked at the political side of the ensuing war on terrorism.
www.cnn.com /CNN/anchors_reporters/blitzer.wolf.html   (1027 words)

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