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SLAC Deputy Director Emeritus Sid Drell
(DO) received a $250,000 Heinz Award for Public Policy for
his efforts to limit “the threat of nuclear annihilation
while assuring our nation’s adequate defense.” The Heinz
Family Foundation award honoring Drell for over four decades
of work to make the world a safer place will be presented at
a private ceremony in Washington on May 24. |
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The American Academy of Arts and
Sciences announced 19 Bay Area people as new fellows of the
academy, which honors intellectual achievement. Five
scholars were elected to the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences including Jerome Friedman (SCS), former leader of
the SLAC Computational Research Group. |
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Guggenheim Fellowships for 2005 include
Stanford University physics professor Pat Burchat (BABAR)
and two others from Stanford. Burchat is studying dark
matter in the universe. This year’s Fellowships were awarded
to 186 artists, scholars and scientists from the U.S. and
Canada. More than 3,000 applicants applied for the
fellowship awards totaling about $7 million. |
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