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When he got the call from the Templeton Foundation a few weeks ago, Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor admits he was totally surprised. That's because the past few winners of the annual Templeton Prize, worth more than $1.5 million and awarded "for progress toward research or discoveries about spiritual realities," has been given to scientists - physicists and cosmologists mostly, who have been willing to acknowledge that science alone can't necessarily explain the nature of the universe. It's clear that the foundation was consciously trying to counter the widespread impression that science and spirituality are inevitably at odds...
...Past winners of the prize include Freeman J. Dyson, physicist and mathematician at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and Charles H. Townes, UCLA professor and Nobel laureate for physics. The 2006 winner was cosmologist John D. Barrow, who has written in depth on the connection between life and the universe and what scientists may not understand about matter, space and time. Judges of the prize, awarded by the John Templeton Foundation, include leaders from the fields of science and religion...
...Black, the daily newspaper at the University of Georgia, Osburn said, “It is a violation of NCAA rules for student athletes, coaches and administrators to participate in bracket contests when there is a fee required to participate and when there is an opportunity to win a prize. A prize would be the same as monetary gain.” “There was confusion with the reporter,” Osburn said, adding that she was unfamiliar with Facebook. “He mischaracterized what I said.” NCAA rules apply to all student...
...trio of reporters from the Wall Street Journal won the Shorenstein Center’s Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting yesterday, taking home $25,000 for a series that exposed the abuse of stock options in executive compensation...
...violation for student athletes, coaches, as well as administrators to participate in bracket contests for monetary benefit gain and sports wagering,” NCAA spokeswoman Stacey Osburn told the Red and Black, the University of Georgia student newspaper. “A prize would be the same as monetary gain.” The NCAA yesterday referred additional requests for comment to a statement on the organization’s Web site, which said that a student-athlete who engages in any sports wagering activity would be declared ineligible for competition for one year. Assistant Basketball Coach Lamar Reddicks...