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It’s that time of the year in Scandinavia when the wind turns colder, the days get shorter and academics in Stockholm and Oslo grab the world spotlight as they announce the winners of the Nobel Prizes

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Mathematician Ruixiang Zhang to receive 2023 Sastra Ramanujan Prize

Dr. Zhang, Assistant Professor at UC Berkeley, USA, will receive the 2023 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize for his outstanding contributions in mathematics. The prize, consisting of a USD 10,000 cash award, will be presented at an international conference in Kumbakonam, Ramanujan's hometown.

The Hindu

4 environmental, human rights activists awarded 'Alternative Nobel' prizes

The Right Livelihood Award — known as the “Alternative Nobel” — has been awarded to two environment activists from Kenya and Cambodia, a human right defender from Ghana and a humanitarian group that rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK

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University of the People founder and Arizona State professor win Yidan Prize for education work

Shai Reshef, president and founder of the online, tuition-free University of the People, and Arizona State professor and researcher Michelene Chi, who has developed a framework to improve how students learn, are the 2023 winners of The Yidan Prize, the biggest award in education

The Independent UK

National Research Foundation’s chance to bridge India’s science-society gap

The National Research Foundation, India’s new research funding agency with a Rs 50,000 crore budget, aims to boost research and innovation.

The Hindu

Rising number of ‘predatory’ academic journals undermines research and public trust in scholarship

Predatory journals could weaken public confidence in the validity of research on everything from health and agriculture to economics and journalism.

The Hindu

What happens if a university goes bust?

Governments face difficult choices when industries fail. They can stand by while private businesses collapse and see the resulting loss of jobs and revenue. Or they can step in and use public money to prop up these firms.

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‘Nation needs young, dedicated researchers and innovators’

V-C Satyanarayana urges students to make use of facilities and excel in studies. Chief guest Radhakrishnamcharya says admission is just a beginning. Guest of honour Rao says mathematics plays an important role in space tech. Students have a greater role to play in advancing space tech.

The Hindu

Politics with Michelle Grattan: ANU Vice-Chancellor Brian Schmidt on the challenges universities face

Australia’s higher education sector is under heavy scrutiny. Still recovering from the impact of COVID and criticised for its treatment of staff, it faces strong pressures to step up its performance.

The Conversation

London universities among the very best in Europe, new league table shows

Imperial College London, University College London, and King’s College London all make it into the top ten

Evening Standard

My Move to the Hoover Institution

Next year, I'll become a Professor of Law Emeritus at UCLA School of Law, after 30 years of teaching, and move (effective July 1, 2024) to the Hoover Institution at Stanford, where I'll be a Senior Fellow—essentially like a permanent, tenured research faculty position, but with no teaching obligations. Technically,…

Reason

Science and tech awards to get Padma-style makeover into Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar

Govt. institutes Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar (RVP) to felicitate scientists, technologists & innovators. 56 prizes, no cash component, certificates & medallions. Awards for 13 categories, incl. physics, chemistry, biology, etc. & ‘Others’. Replaces 300 prizes, most internal, incl. DAE & Dept. of Space. Awarded annually on May 11 & Aug. 23.…

The Hindu

Rising number of 'predatory' academic journals undermines research and public trust in scholarship

Taxpayers fund a lot of university research in the U.S., and these findings published in scholarly journals often produce major breakthroughs in medicine, vehicle safety, food safety, criminal justice, human rights and other topics that benefit the public at large.

The Conversation

Breakthrough Prizes 2024 winners include innovative cancer treatment

French and Canadian scientist Michel Sadelain was announced as a winner of the prestigious Breakthrough Prize for his pioneering work in CAR T-cell therapy

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Can you solve it? The man who made India’s trains run on time

Get your brain on track

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Science This Week | CSIR announces Bhatnagar prize winners, NASA names chief of UFO research and more

Check out The Hindu’s science wrap featuring top 7 stories on new discoveries, findings, and studies in the scientific world from this week.

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Ashton Kutcher steps down from anti-child sex abuse organisation over Danny Masterson support backlash

Kutcher’s wife, Mila Kunis, is also stepping down from board

The Hindu

Supreme Court has prepared a ‘platform’ to assess ‘top’ 50 judges before appointment in the apex court: CJI

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud has disclosed that the court had prepared a platform to assess ‘top 50 judges’ in the country who would be considered for appointment as judges of the Supreme Court

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Reanimated spiders and smart toilets triumph at Ig Nobel prizes

Electric chopsticks and ‘jamais vu’ studies also scoop awards recognising research that makes people ‘laugh, then think’

The Hindu

Broadening the field: On science awards and the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize winners

Rather than reducing the number of science awards, there is actually a stronger case for expanding the remit of these awards

The Guardian - UK

‘Theory of all matter’ physicists among 2023 Breakthrough prize winners

Immunologists behind pioneering cancer therapy also among recipients of most lucrative prize in science

The Hindu

Ashoka University: Row over disbanding data centre

At Ashoka Univ., Sonepat, controversy erupts over disbanding of Trivedi Centre for Political Data & removal of founding director Gilles Verniers. Members of Centre's Scientific Board allege Univ. didn't consult them & breached academic norms. Univ. refutes charges, says Verniers didn't clear tenure process.

The Hindu

Four from Bengaluru bag Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

Four persons from Bengaluru, including three from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), have won the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (SSBP) for Science and Technology, 2022.

The Guardian - UK

Robert Adams obituary

Other lives: Researcher and statistician who loved singing and cricket, and was a keen crossword solver

The Guardian - UK

‘Only the great writers are misquoted’: Dublin marathon medal has wrong Yeats quote

‘There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven’t met yet’ is engraved beneath an image of the Nobel-winning Irish poet. Only he didn’t write it

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