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Rabbi Jonathan Sacks received the award this year in recognition of his outspoken defense of religious liberty in Great Britain and elsewhere.

The American Academy of Religion attracts more than ten thousand to its annual meetings, and several hundred doctoral degrees in religious studies are awarded every year in the United States.

The scholarships started in 1952 and are awarded each year in memory of John Brandt, an industry organizer who founded and remained president of Land O'Lakes from 1921 until his death in 1953.

Norwescon is the host convention for the prestigious Philip K. Dick Award, given to a distinguished original science fiction paperback published for the first time during the award year in the U.S.A.

Romance Writers of America honors authors through the RITAs, awarded each year in a number of categories, including Best First Book.

Assassin's Creed III Liberation is up for consideration for the Grammy Awards this year in the following categories: Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media, Best Instrumental Composition, and Best Instrumental Arrangement.

The Hermitage Artist Retreat along with the Greenfield Foundation are pleased to announce that Painter Trenton Doyle Hancock is the winner of the $ 30,000 Greenfield Prize, awarded this year in visual art.

The FCA also established a new award this year in honor of Dorothea Tanning, which went to poet Liz Waldner.

Not exact matches

Finalists in the 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year awards show how technology and innovation can enable rapid growth, even in mature industries.

The industry alliance that managed the upgrade of the Great Eastern Highway has been recognised for excellence in construction and environmental management at this year's Earth Awards for civil infrastructure.

This is founder Loni Edward's third startup and she won the Woman In Business award at this year's TechDay NY event.

«The defense industry — the Department of Defense — is the single biggest customer in the world,» says Laingen, who estimates that the military awards some $ 150 billion in contracts each year, depending on the size of its budget.

IBM Watson and XPrize announced earlier this year that they'd be linking up to offer a top award of $ 3 million and additional prizes totaling $ 2 million to winning entrants in the competition.

It's been a successful strategy for the brewery, which has collected various accolades over the years, including a silver in the Bohemian Pilsner category at the 2016 Ontario Brewing Awards.

Dwyer, the parent company of eight service - oriented franchises, last year awarded $ 2.3 million in discounts to vets.

The 5 - year - old, award - winning company has found that face - to - face interaction with clients and the flow of staff between satellite offices in Montreal and Calgary are key to its growth and success.

Leader - Chivée is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, where I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can take advantage of to get ahead in 2018.

In 2012 I received the «Business Women of the Year» award from the UHCC.

At 23, she became the first woman to become Yachtmaster of the Year, awarded by HRH Princess Royal in recognition of Penn's skills and expertise as a skipper.

Dominos was awarded the Titanium Grand Prix at this year's Cannes Film Festival for its Emoji Ordering, a new service where people can place orders saved in their accounts by tweeting a pizza emoji.

In contrast, a great interviewer will want to know the specific accomplishments that helped the candidate win, along with more information about the award itself, including how many people receive it each year.

FreeAgent won Vendor of the Year Award in the 2011 Software Satisfaction Award.

Paul is a recipient of the annual Lawrence R. Klein award for the most accurate economic forecast over a four - year period among the approximately 50 participants in the

Lamar's «DAMN.,» Billboard's best - selling album of 2017, lost out in the album of the year category at the 2018 Grammy Awards to Bruno Mars» «24k Magic.»

'' We are incredibly proud to be bringing home both the Beazley Designs of the Year Award for Architecture and this year's Grand Prize — especially in a year with such intense competition,» Johan Karlsson of Better Shelter said in a statemYear Award for Architecture and this year's Grand Prize — especially in a year with such intense competition,» Johan Karlsson of Better Shelter said in a statemyear's Grand Prize — especially in a year with such intense competition,» Johan Karlsson of Better Shelter said in a statemyear with such intense competition,» Johan Karlsson of Better Shelter said in a statement.

The firm has made the list of five finalists in the deals section of the Industrial / Logistics Consultancy of the Year category at the Thames Valley Property Awards.

Last year's prize in the category went to composer Dun Yu's album «Angel's Bone,» and the past several decades of awards in the category have largely gone to instrumental LPs.

The State Government's role in regional Western Australia was recognised in Perth this week when two of the year's StateWest Achievement Awards were won by public sector employees working in fields that service predominantly regional areas.

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Earlier this year, after more than a decade in the hospitality industry, award - winning Perth chef Daniel Sterpini made what could be considered an unusual career choice.

A past recipient of the Illinois Technology Association CityLIGHTS CEO of the Year Award, Alter has been a nationally recognized spokesman on business issues, appearing regularly in media outlets nationwide, including Bloomberg TV and the Wall Street Journal.

After sweeping the grand jury and audience awards at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Nate Parker's directorial debut, in which he plays slave Nat Turner who orchestrates an uprising against slave owners in Virginia, is receiving a lot of award - season heat.

The company won the first of more than 55 product awards it would clinch in the next two years.

Last year at the Cannes Lions advertising festival, Nadal awarded $ 1 - million startup funding for an advanced program in New York called the Digital Works Institute.

New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair used the club's stage in 2013 to reveal the party's energy platform for the most recent federal election; MGM Resorts CEO Jim Murren pitched a Toronto casino from it that same year; Governor General David Johnston announced his new innovation awards program there last summer.

Academy Award - winning director Francis Ford Coppola has been involved in the wine industry for roughly 40 years, but he's now building a new vineyard - inspired empire.

But though it's Quebec's largest employer, Desjardins has consistently won awards for the way it engages its 48,000 workers; it is a Platinum - status Aon Best Employers in Canada honouree this year, its sixth on the list.

And in the midst of its troubles throughout 2014 — Levi stepped back as president and CEO to become executive chairman in November — GrowthWorks was the recipient, along with BDC Venture Capital, of the «Deal of the Year» award from Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association following its sale of Layer 7 Technologies, a developer of security software for businesses.

It's no surprise to the retired Telus employee that the Swiss - based Skytrax World Airport Awards recently named YVR the best airport in North America — eighth in the world — for the fourth consecutive year, based on a survey of 12 million travellers worldwide.

The latter is IBM's famous artificial intelligence platform, which the Grammys are enlisting to curate the videos and photos being released to music fans following along with this year's awards show on social media in real time.

He was featured in Crain's «40 under 40»; awarded Irish America's Business 100 profile four years running; and was honored to be guest speaker at The Wharton School of Business on entrepreneurship and leadership as well as Cornell and DePaul Universities.

He also took home $ 3.06 million in salary and a previously disclosed equity award of $ 89.2 million, bringing his total payout for the year to about $ 102 million.

Finnegan is one of the individuals I was fortunate enough to interview for a series on the year ahead, Big Ideas for 2018, in which I asked a number of my favorite award - winning marketing experts, authors, and other thought leaders — as well as some of Firebrand Group's own digital strategy and branding experts — to recommend one «Big Idea» that companies can leverage to get ahead in 2018.

A Quebec Superior Court judge awarded a group of Dunkin' Donuts franchisees $ 16.4 million in damages, plus legal costs, after ruling that parent company Dunkin' Brands failed to heed 15 years» worth of warnings that Tim Hortons was poised to topple the U.S. chain's long - held dominance of the Quebec market.

Over the course of three - plus years, McQueen — who has appeared in the MTV reality show Nitro Circus and FuelTV's Thrillbillies — has won Monster Jam's Rising Star Award, a monster truck racing title in New Orleans, and in 2010 he made Monster Jam history by landing the first - ever back flip in competition.

At only 25 - years - old, award - winning producer and founder of Black Bicycle Entertainment, Erika Olde is one of the youngest and most successful women in Hollywood.

Purity Vodka has won Vodka of the Year at the Spirits Masters Awards for three years in a row.

Every year around this time, much is made about the so - called «Oscar bump» and how much Hollywood studios can expect to rake in after a big win at the Academy Awards.

Ali founded MobileLive five years ago in Richmond Hill, Ont., and the firm has since added over 250 employees, posted year - over-year revenue growth of 400 %, and won a long list of accolades and awards.

BGC (Australia) Pty Limited founder Len Buckeridge has been honoured in this year's Entrepreneur of the Year awards, as the «Master Entrepreneur» category winyear's Entrepreneur of the Year awards, as the «Master Entrepreneur» category winYear awards, as the «Master Entrepreneur» category winner.