Nobel winners missing chance to touch lives of young scientists

Letter in Indianapolis looking for more profile for the young winners and Nobel Prize winners. A little harsh on the paper, and kudos to the editor for publishing it. The media profile is always a great multiplier for prize programs, and often the major impetus for actually hosting an award event. My recommendation is always to have the prize winners and key luminaries touch each others lives. I think it has bilateral, more than unilateral benefits.


Nobel Prize winners, bright students, little coverage IndyStar.com Opinion Letters to the editor May 16, 2006. The initial coverage of the Intel International Science & Engineering Fair was very good, but I was disappointed to find no coverage of the awards.

The earlier articles stated that there was $4 million in grants and scholarships. How sad that the outstanding individual achievements of these bright young people from around the world were not acknowledged by the host city's media. It also would have been nice to see interviews with some of the many Nobel Prize scientists in attendance. Too bad that the leading newspaper in a state with a strong life science initiative under way missed this opportunity to show young people that Indiana would be a great place to further their dreams.
Joanne Durbin
Indianapolis

Ericsson co-branding with Nobel Prize, trips to India, Abu Dhabi

A report from India identifying the Nobel Prize's push to broaden its brand and impact outside of the "North" and Western Hempispheres by sponsoring the centennial exhibition in India . Smart move by Ericsson in a country that values education to be basking in the halo of the premier brand for scientific and academic achievement. The last stop is slated for the Middle East in 2007/8, see full schedule.

Nobel exhibition starts on 29 May '06 MONDAY, MAY 22, 2006 04:10:02 PM
NEW DELHI: Mobile handset and equipment manufacturer Ericsson, along with the Nobel Museum, is bringing the "Centennial Exhibition of the Nobel Prize" to India.
The three-month-long exhibition would be held at Vivesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore, from May 29, company said in a statement.
The exhibition attempts to showcase the philosophy behind the Nobel Prize and information about the Nobel Laureates in all six categories.
It would exhibit personal items of Nobel Laureates, replicas of Alfred Nobel's will as well as his personal items and films on some of the Laureates, the release said.

The Nobel Exhibition to the UAE 2007/2008
On 24 March a Memorandum of Understanding was signed by H.H. Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and the Head of the Swedish Nobel Museum, Professor Svante Lindqvist. The Agreement will enable the Museum to bring its major and very unique Exhibition on the Life of Alfred Nobel and the Nobel Prizes to the UAE in the Autumn of 2007 and Spring 2008.

The Exhibition has been shown in several major cities during the past years, including London, San Francisco, Tokyo, Seoul, Florence and Kuala Lumpur where it has received major attraction. It is planned to be exhibited in Abu Dhabi in 2007 and in Dubai in 2008. This will be the last stop for the exhibition, and also its only stop in the Middle East.