A banker has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Muhammad Yunus shares the prestigious award with his creation, Grameen Bank. Founded in Bangladesh by Professor Yunus in 1976, Grameen Bank lends tiny amounts, usually $200 or less, to borrowers who want to start or support a small business and cannot offer collateral. For a start, Professor Yunus knew a lot about the social structure of the poor in Bangladesh where Grameen Bank was born. He has a strong preference for lending to women, and successful microfinance in other countries tends to share this bias. Perhaps the biggest difference between Grameen and conventional banking is that clients do not go to the bank, the bank finds the clients as its agents visit rural areas. No collateral is needed for Grameen loans, but there is social pressure ...
NEW YORK, NY - Two South Florida school districts were recognized recently as among the most improved urban school districts in the country. As finalists for the 2008 Broad (rhymes with "road") Prize for Urban Education, Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) and Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) will each receive $250,000 in scholarships for graduating high school seniors next year. Former U.S. Secretaries of Education Rod Paige and Richard Riley joined philanthropist Eli Broad at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City to announce that the Brownsville Independent School District-located at the southernmost tip of Texas along the U.S.-Mexico border and serving one of the poorest urban populations in America-won the 2008 Broad Prize, the largest education prize in the country. B...
WASHINGTON, June 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The World Peace Prize Awarding Council held a grand award ceremony on June 14, 2011 in the Gold Room at the U.S. Capitol to express our respect for the recipients of the 2010 World Peace Prize: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, prominent leader of Buddhism in the world; Hon. Benjamin A. Gilman, former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The ceremony, chaired by Dr. Han Min Su, founder of the World Peace Prize Awarding Council, was graced by the presence of Senator Mark Kirk, member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations; former Senator Steve Symms; Congresswoman Illeana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States Congress; Congressman Darrell Issa, Chairman of the House Oversight and G...
LOS ANGELES - The X Prize Foundation, which offers money awards for solutions to pressing scientific challenges, has tackled space travel, moon missions and oil spill cleanups. Now it's taking on the human genome. The Archon Genomics X Prize presented by Medco is challenging teams to accurately sequence the DNA of 100 centenarians within 30 days at $1,000 or less per genome. The first team to complete the task successfully will receive $10 million, and the sequenced genomes will be published for use in research.
OSLO, Norway - Leymah Gbowee confronted armed forces in Liberia to demand that they stop using rape as a weapon. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became Africa's first woman to win a free presidential election. Tawakkul Karman began pushing for change in Yemen long before the Arab Spring. They share a commitment to women's rights in regions where oppression is common, and on Friday, they shared the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored women for the first time in seven years, and in selecting Karman it also recognized the Arab Spring movement championed by millions of often anonymous activists from Tunisia to Syria.
NEW YORK - Ralph Steinman, a pioneer in understanding how cells fight disease, tried to help his own immune system thwart his pancreatic cancer. Steinman survived until Friday. Three days later, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Twenty-nine conservationists who have devoted their lives to saving the Earth's endangered species have been nominated to receive the biennial Indianapolis Prize, the world's leading award for animal conservation. The nominees' work spans the globe, representing a range of species and locale. The Nominating Committee will review the applications and select six finalists, who will be announced in the spring of 2012. The Prize Jury will then determine the winner, who will be announced in mid-2012 and honored at the next Indianapolis Prize Gala presented by Cummins Inc., Sept. 29, 2012, in Indianapolis. In addition to receiving the $100,000 Prize, the recipient is also awarded the Lilly Medal, an original work of art that signifies the winner's c...
Inside Summers coach back home living the dream /1B Summers County High Schools girls basketball team is making history. The Lady Bobcats broke Parkersburg Catholics 1979 88- consecutive-win record last month with a 59-37 victory over Woodrow Wilson High. And they didnt stop there. A recent 91-31 blowout over Independence High School bumped the Lady Bobcats streak to 93 wins. The first-seeded team will head to Charleston this week looking for a fifth-consecutive Class AA state basketball championship. They will play eighth-ranked Chapmanville High School (15-9) at 5:30 p.m. today. With all those accomplishments, one could excuse a little cockiness from the Lady Bobcats. But theres no cockiness to excuse. Longtime coach Wayne Ryan calls them vanilla. If you saw them walking around, you ...
So many lists, so many winners! What's the Plant of the Year, and who says so? We plant people get excited by announcements of the plants of the year, but here's the caveat emptor: A prize-winning plant, named by the most prestigious organization or expert, is only as good as its suitability for the site you can provide.
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