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...American Institute for Public Service established the Jefferson Awards in 1973 to serve as a Nobel Prize of sorts for public and community service, Peters said...
...relieving the misery of the world's poor, they perform a big-hearted act, returning to mankind a part of what they have earned from it. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and others are to be commended for setting a great example; they should be rewarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. It is time for society to demonstrate that money is not its principal value and that altruism, compassion and philanthropy are still warming the hearts of men. John P. Tsahageas, PHILOTHEI, GREECE
...Hoxby was named a Harvard College professor—a distinction earned for undergraduate instruction—and in 2006, she won the Phi Betta Kappa Prize for Excellence in Teaching...
...this year’s recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize, the highest international honor for political scientists. The prize committee honored Skocpol “for her visionary analysis of the significance of the state for revolutions, welfare, and political trust...
...Cabot House students who e-mailed their suspicions to each other, 60 black Crimson editors, Institute of Politics members, Hoopes Prize winners, and Harvard insignia-wearing dormmates playing hula-hoop and capture-the-flag looked like an invasion of gang-bangers. One black male professor also reported that he has been asked for identification so often that he would hardly have thought to mention it, though it does make him feel that he does not belong. He summarizes the attitude of many whites as follows: “When you are an unfamiliar black man, you are by definition...