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BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES STUDENT WINNER OF NINTH ANNUAL BREAKTHROUGH JUNIOR CHALLENGE SCIENCE VIDEO COMPETITION

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Breakthrough Prize Foundation today announced Sia Godika, 17, a senior at Neev Academy, an international school in Bangalore, India, as winner of the ninth annual Breakthrough Junior Challenge, a global science video competition designed to inspire creative thinking and communications skills around fundamental concepts in the life sciences, physics, and mathematics.

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  • The Breakthrough Junior Challenge will award a total of $400,000 in educational prizes for Sia, her science teacher, and her school.
  • Sia was informed of her win by her older brother Samay Godika, who is himself a previous winner of the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, topping the competition with his original video on circadian rhythms.
  • Having watched him receive the prize six years ago, Sia will now be honored alongside the 2024 Breakthrough Prize laureates at a ceremony in Los Angeles this spring.
  • Sia's submission is titled Yamanaka Factors, and explores discoveries made by 2013 Breakthrough Prize winner and Nobelist, Shinya Yamanaka.

Foresters Financial opens applications for its 2024 Competitive Scholarships

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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TORONTO, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Foresters Financial™ (Foresters), the purpose-driven life insurer that partners with its members to help them do more of the good they want to do, announced that it has launched the 2024-2025 academic year Competitive Scholarship1 applications for its members and their families.

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  • TORONTO, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - Foresters Financial™ (Foresters), the purpose-driven life insurer that partners with its members to help them do more of the good they want to do, announced that it has launched the 2024-2025 academic year Competitive Scholarship1 applications for its members and their families.
  • Eligible new applicants and returning candidates applying for a Competitive Scholarship can submit applications as of December 4, 2023, through March 1, 2024.
  • Foresters Competitive Scholarship benefit2 is designed to recognize success in the classroom with a special emphasis on community service.
  • Since 2012, Foresters has awarded over 9,000 tuition scholarships internationally, an investment of more than $18.4 million USD/$24.5 million CAD.

Villa Charities Announces Winners of Inaugural Young Artist Grant Program

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
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TORONTO, Jan. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toronto’s registered charity and non-profit organization Villa Charities is excited to announce the winners of their inaugural Young Artist Grant, a national grant program established to support young Italian Canadian artists in their creative endeavours in the fields of fictional literature, music and film.

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  • TORONTO, Jan. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Toronto’s registered charity and non-profit organization Villa Charities is excited to announce the winners of their inaugural Young Artist Grant, a national grant program established to support young Italian Canadian artists in their creative endeavours in the fields of fictional literature, music and film.
  • On Winning the 2023 Young Artist Grant: “Securing the Young Artist Grant as a young Italian Canadian artist is not only a validation of my artistic voice but also a heartfelt recognition of the harmonious blend of my Italian heritage and Canadian identity.
  • On Winning the 2023 Young Artist Grant: “Winning the Young Artist Grant by Villa Charities marks a meaningful moment in my artistic journey, symbolizing both recognition and encouragement for my dedication to the arts.
  • For more information about the 2023 Young Artist Grant winners and the program, please visit villacharities.com/grant or contact [email protected] .

Photonics Technologies to Expedite Environmental Analysis

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Friday, January 12, 2024
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Optica Foundation today released details on the environmental research funded by the 2023 Optica Foundation Challenge. Researchers Justus Ndukaife, Vanderbilt University, USA, and Yicheng Wang, Ruhr-Universität-Bochum/Photonics and Ultrafast Laser Science (PULS), Germany, both are working to create light-based solutions to sense, measure and address environmental toxins in the form of nanoplastics and greenhouse gases.

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Optica Foundation today released details on the environmental research funded by the 2023 Optica Foundation Challenge .
  • Ndukaife and Wang have proposed photonics solutions to detect environmental toxins.
  • Ndukaife and Wang have proposed innovative photonics solutions to more efficiently and rapidly detect environmental toxins so they can be mitigated and avoided."
  • In fact, 79% of all plastic that has ever been made still sits in landfills or the natural environment.

BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE OPENS PUBLIC NOMINATIONS FOR 2025 PRIZES IN FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS, LIFE SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The public nomination period for the 2025 Breakthrough Prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics is now open.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The public nomination period for the 2025 Breakthrough Prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics is now open.
  • For the 13th year, the Breakthrough Prize, recognized as the world's largest science prize, will honor top scientists, handing out three prizes in Life Sciences, one in Fundamental Physics and one in Mathematics.
  • ResearchGate members are encouraged to nominate their peers for the 2025 prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics.
  • One 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics ($3 million) will be awarded to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the field of mathematics.

BREAKTHROUGH PRIZE OPENS PUBLIC NOMINATIONS FOR 2025 PRIZES IN FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS, LIFE SCIENCES & MATHEMATICS

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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The public nomination period for the 2025 Breakthrough Prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics is now open.

Key Points: 
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The public nomination period for the 2025 Breakthrough Prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics is now open.
  • For the 13th year, the Breakthrough Prize, recognized as the world's largest science prize, will honor top scientists, handing out three prizes in Life Sciences, one in Fundamental Physics and one in Mathematics.
  • ResearchGate members are encouraged to nominate their peers for the 2025 prizes in Fundamental Physics, Life Sciences, and Mathematics.
  • One 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics ($3 million) will be awarded to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the field of mathematics.

The BC First Nations Justice Council and First Nations Leadership Council Congratulate Honourable Leonard Marchand, Jr.’s Appointment as Chief Justice of the B.C. Supreme Court and the Yukon Court of Appeal

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Monday, December 11, 2023
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Okanagan Syilx Territory, Westbank BC, Dec. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The BCFNJC and FNLC Congratulate Honourable Leonard Marchand, Jr.’s Appointment as Chief Justice of the B.C.

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  • Okanagan Syilx Territory, Westbank BC, Dec. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The BCFNJC and FNLC Congratulate Honourable Leonard Marchand, Jr.’s Appointment as Chief Justice of the B.C.
  • Supreme Court and the Yukon Court of Appeal
    Okanagan Syilx Territory, Westbank BC: The BC First Nations Justice Council (BCFNJC) and the First Nations Leadership Council (FNLC) celebrate the Honourable Leonard Marchand, Jr.’s appointment as Chief Justice of the British Columbia Supreme Court and Chief Justice of the Yukon Court of Appeal.
  • In 2021 Chief Justice Marchand became the first First Nations person appointed to the B.C.
  • Court of Appeal, in 2017 Chief Justice Marchand was appointed as the first First Nations Justice to the B.C.

Zayed Sustainability Prize Opens Submissions for 2025 Cycle

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
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The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering global sustainability and humanitarian award, has officially announced that the 2025 cycle is now open for submissions.

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  • The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE’s pioneering global sustainability and humanitarian award, has officially announced that the 2025 cycle is now open for submissions.
  • Commenting on the launch of the 2025 submissions cycle, H.E.
  • Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Director General of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, and COP28 President, said: “Since 2008, the Zayed Sustainability Prize has honoured the legacy of Sheikh Zayed by fostering inclusive sustainable and humanitarian development around the world.
  • The most recent Zayed Sustainability Prize winners were recognised at an Awards Ceremony held during COP28 UAE.

Zayed Sustainability Prize opens submissions for 2025 cycle

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
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ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering global sustainability and humanitarian award, has officially announced that the 2025 cycle is now open for submissions.

Key Points: 
  • ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering global sustainability and humanitarian award, has officially announced that the 2025 cycle is now open for submissions.
  • Commenting on the launch of the 2025 submissions cycle, H.E.
  • Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Director General of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, and COP28 President, said: "Since 2008, the Zayed Sustainability Prize has honoured the legacy of Sheikh Zayed by fostering inclusive sustainable and humanitarian development around the world.
  • The most recent Zayed Sustainability Prize winners were recognised at an Awards Ceremony held during COP28 UAE.

Zayed Sustainability Prize opens submissions for 2025 cycle

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Wednesday, December 20, 2023
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ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering global sustainability and humanitarian award, has officially announced that the 2025 cycle is now open for submissions.

Key Points: 
  • ABU DHABI, UAE, Dec. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Zayed Sustainability Prize, the UAE's pioneering global sustainability and humanitarian award, has officially announced that the 2025 cycle is now open for submissions.
  • Commenting on the launch of the 2025 submissions cycle, H.E.
  • Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, Director General of the Zayed Sustainability Prize, and COP28 President, said: "Since 2008, the Zayed Sustainability Prize has honoured the legacy of Sheikh Zayed by fostering inclusive sustainable and humanitarian development around the world.
  • The most recent Zayed Sustainability Prize winners were recognised at an Awards Ceremony held during COP28 UAE.