The World Cultural Council to Celebrate Its 28th Award Ceremony at UT
On Thursday, 10 November the World Cultural Council will present its annual awards in science and arts in the Assembly Hall of the University of Tartu. For the first time this lavish ceremony is set to take place in a Baltic country.
The World Cultural Council (WCC), established in 1981, is an organization committed to promoting excellence in the fields of science, arts and education, and improving the relationship between people, countries, governments and different fields of science.
[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"37936","attributes":{"alt":"","title":"","class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","wysiwyg":1}}]]One of the main goals of WCC is to acknowledge individuals or institutions that have made outstanding achievements in science, education and the arts by granting the Albert Einstein World Award of Science, the José Vasconcelos World Award of Education and the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts to eminent figures whose work has had a significantly positive impact on the cultural legacy of mankind. Each year, the award ceremony takes place at one of the world’s top universities.
This year’s Albert Einstein World Award of Science will be granted to a chemist, Professor Geoffrey Alan Ozin from the University of Toronto. The Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts goes to an American artist, writer and inventor Todd Siler. Also many Estonian scientists and cultural figures will be awarded with the special recognition diploma: Prof Rein Taagepera, Prof Urmas Varblane, Prof Jüri Talvet, Prof Kalle Kasemaa, Prof Toomas Asser, Prof Richard Villems, Prof Jaan Einasto, Prof Peeter Saari and conductor Vaike Uibopuu.
According to UT Rector Professor Alar Karis, it is a great honor for the University of Tartu to host this year’s World Cultural Council award ceremony. “In the past years this ceremony has taken place in top universities of the world such as Oxford and Princeton, Heidelberg and Utrecht. Also, this occasion offers us a great chance to honor a number of distinguished members of our academic community for their contribution to Estonian education, science and culture,” said Alar Karis.
From all over the globe many notable figures of science, as well as literature and arts, are invited to participate in the ceremony. The list of distinguished guests include Edmond H. Fischer, President of WCC and the 1992 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, who will give a public lecture in Chemicum on 8 November at 4 p.m. Both award recipients Prof Geoffrey Alan Ozin and Todd Siler, as well as a former awardee Prof. Zafra Lerman, will also hold public lectures. More information about the lectures is available at the University of Tartu home page: /en/international/events/world-cultural-council-award-ceremony/programme).
Those interested in taking part in the event are invited to register by e-mailing iro@ut.ee by 2 November 2011.
Further information about the event: /wcc
Anneli Miljan
UT Press Officer
phone +372 737 5683
mobile +372 515 0184
e-mail anneli.miljan@ut.ee
www.ut.ee
The World Cultural Council (WCC), established in 1981, is an organization committed to promoting excellence in the fields of science, arts and education, and improving the relationship between people, countries, governments and different fields of science.
[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"37936","attributes":{"alt":"","title":"","class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image","wysiwyg":1}}]]One of the main goals of WCC is to acknowledge individuals or institutions that have made outstanding achievements in science, education and the arts by granting the Albert Einstein World Award of Science, the José Vasconcelos World Award of Education and the Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts to eminent figures whose work has had a significantly positive impact on the cultural legacy of mankind. Each year, the award ceremony takes place at one of the world’s top universities.
This year’s Albert Einstein World Award of Science will be granted to a chemist, Professor Geoffrey Alan Ozin from the University of Toronto. The Leonardo da Vinci World Award of Arts goes to an American artist, writer and inventor Todd Siler. Also many Estonian scientists and cultural figures will be awarded with the special recognition diploma: Prof Rein Taagepera, Prof Urmas Varblane, Prof Jüri Talvet, Prof Kalle Kasemaa, Prof Toomas Asser, Prof Richard Villems, Prof Jaan Einasto, Prof Peeter Saari and conductor Vaike Uibopuu.
According to UT Rector Professor Alar Karis, it is a great honor for the University of Tartu to host this year’s World Cultural Council award ceremony. “In the past years this ceremony has taken place in top universities of the world such as Oxford and Princeton, Heidelberg and Utrecht. Also, this occasion offers us a great chance to honor a number of distinguished members of our academic community for their contribution to Estonian education, science and culture,” said Alar Karis.
From all over the globe many notable figures of science, as well as literature and arts, are invited to participate in the ceremony. The list of distinguished guests include Edmond H. Fischer, President of WCC and the 1992 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, who will give a public lecture in Chemicum on 8 November at 4 p.m. Both award recipients Prof Geoffrey Alan Ozin and Todd Siler, as well as a former awardee Prof. Zafra Lerman, will also hold public lectures. More information about the lectures is available at the University of Tartu home page: /en/international/events/world-cultural-council-award-ceremony/programme).
Those interested in taking part in the event are invited to register by e-mailing iro@ut.ee by 2 November 2011.
Further information about the event: /wcc
Anneli Miljan
UT Press Officer
phone +372 737 5683
mobile +372 515 0184
e-mail anneli.miljan@ut.ee
www.ut.ee
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