Sentences with phrase «former academy president»

Former Academy president Philip King PPRA explores the possibilities in this dramatic monoprint.

Former Academy president Hawk Koch and «The Imitation Game» director Morten Tyldum came for the early look.

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He is a former Chairman of the Trustees of the Tate galleries, and former President of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

If you go to the academy's user - friendly web site, you will find, among the hoity - toity assembly, not only MacNeil, but Lehrer; not only Mearsheimer, but Walt; every living former president who is a Democrat; and the almost - president Al Gore.

The late Willis Harmon, former President of the Institute of Noetic Science and a founder of the World Business Academy, a network of business people who believe that business has a positive role to play in reshaping the world, put it this way: there is «a growing awareness that the present global system doesn't work.

Dr. Arthur I. Eidelman, former president of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, told Reuters, «It must be emphasized that breastfeeding should not be conceived as a lifestyle choice of the mother but rather as a basic and priority health decision that each mother must make and thus it is critical to create a supportive environment for this decision process.»

«When Wole Soyinka won the Nobel prize for literature, he belonged to all of Africa, not just Nigeria, and when Lupita Nyong» o won the Academy Award, she was holding that Oscar for all of Africa, not just for Kenya, and, so, when 14 - year - old Abraham Attah won the Independent Spirit Award, he was not just representing his country, he was being applauded by all of Africa, though I'm sure we applauded the loudest because he is one of us and he is a face of our proud country Ghana,» Mr Mahama told the anniversary celebration, which was honoured by Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta and President of Guinea Bissau José Mário Vaz, as well as former Ghanaian presidents John Rawlings and Johpresident Uhuru Kenyatta and President of Guinea Bissau José Mário Vaz, as well as former Ghanaian presidents John Rawlings and JohPresident of Guinea Bissau José Mário Vaz, as well as former Ghanaian presidents John Rawlings and John Kufuor.

The Institute had the distinct pleasure of hosting renowned philosopher and former President of the British Academy, Baroness Onora O'Neill, to deliver the lecture.

Former Vice President Al Gore, an Academy Award winner for his documentary on climate change, was also in attendance and feted by Schneiderman.

Gottfried and Perkins were joined at the Albany press conference today by Laurie Wen, Executive Director, Physicians for a National Health Program — NY Metro; Dr. Paul Sorum, former Chair of the Capital District chapter of Physicians for a National Health Program; Vito Grasso, Executive Vice President of the New York State Academy of Family Physicians; Lisa Blodgett, New York State Nurses Association; Doug Bullock, First Vice President of the Albany County Central Federation of Labor; Rev. Frances Rosenau, Associate Minister at the Westminster Presbyterian Church; and Mark Dunlea, co-founder of Single Payer New York and Executive Director of the Hunger Action Network of New York State.

Activist and Author David Mixner Freedom to Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation President Jarrett Barrios Board Chair of the Empire State Pride Agenda Frank Selvaggi Human Rights Campaign New York Marriage Director Brian Ellner Former Chief of Staff to Minority Leader Dick Gephardt and Deputy Campaign Manager to John Kerry for President Steve Elmendorf Senior Vice President for External Affairs at the Center for American Progress Winnie Stachelberg Democratic National Committee Treasurer Andy Tobias Former Clinton White House Advisor Richard Socarides Academy Award Winning Producer and AFER Board Member Bruce Cohen Gill Action Fund Executive Director Patrick Guerrero Gill Action Fund Deputy Executive Director Bill Smith

Rochester attorney and former president of the state Academy of Trial Lawyers Bob Brenna also complimented Hochul, saying the outgoing U.S. attorney has «proven time and time again that he will not back down and he will not fail to investigate until he gets to the truth, and once he decides which direction to go in, it will not be compromised.»

Bob Bellafiore, a former Pataki administration official and regular participant on our weekly «Insiders» segment on «Capital Tonight» has landed a new job as vice president of Partner Services and Strategic Initiatives at National Heritage Academies, A Michigan - based public charter school organization.

A former president of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Dutchess County is one of 375 members of the National Academy of Sciences who has signed an open letter to draw attention to the perils of climate change.

Moskowitz, a former City Council member, founded the Success Academy network in 2006 after a failed run for Manhattan Borough President.

«Alberts, a former Science editor - in - chief and National Academy of Sciences president who is at the University of California, San Francisco, says the journal will be a place for data that other journals often aren't interested in publishing because replication efforts lack novelty.

And former Humboldt fellows can be found in important positions all over the CEEC: Poland?s research minister, Professor Michal Kleiber, and the president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Professor Norbert Kroo, are among the prominent members of the Humboldt alumni group.

As the government's chief scientist, Finkel — president of Australia's Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and former chancellor of Monash University in Melbourne — will provide independent advice and work to lift the profile of Australian science.

Then, this past April, she teamed up with three other scientific superstars — Bruce Alberts, former president of the National Academy of Sciences and former editor - in - chief of Science; Marc W. Kirschner, founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School; and Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, former director of NIH, and current director of the National Cancer Institute — to publish «Rescuing US biomedical research from its systemic flaws,» a critique and call for reform that seems already to have altered the course of the workforce debate, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

«I was frustrated by the press denigrating the IPCC and that equal voice was given to those with no expertise in climate science,» says Kurt Lambeck, a AAS former president who commissioned the academy's report last December.

One factor is that the goals of obtaining a grant and making a breakthrough discovery are increasingly at odds, warn Bruce Alberts, former president of the National Academy of Sciences and former editor - in - chief of Science; Marc W. Kirschner, founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School; Shirley Tilghman, former president of Princeton University; and Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate and former director of the National Cancer Institute, in a highly publicized critique of U.S. biomedical research that was published in April 2014.

Committee chair Jean - Claude Lehmann, a physicist and former president of France's Academy of Engineering, accused the agency of «hegemony» in trying to impose their economic models on industry.

«There is an enormous amount of misinformation about India in Pakistan,» says Pavagada Venkata Indresan, former president of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.

The four authors are Bruce Alberts, former president of the National Academy of Sciences and former editor - in - chief of Science; Marc Kirschner, founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School; Shirley Tilghman, former president of Princeton University; and Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate and current director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

To add weight to that message, the academy recruited Lane, a former director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and science adviser to former President Bill Clinton, to chair the group with Augustine, a former CEO of defense giant Lockheed Martin and a familiar presence on such panels.

Larry Faulkner, the former president of the University of Texas, Austin, who chaired the Academies panel, says he's pleased that so many legislators have found the report useful.

«Setting up a talent visa category under the law shows that our talent policy is more open and more clearly directed at attracting talent,» former Chinese Academy of Personnel Science President Wu Jiang told People's Daily in a 25 January news report.

Regarding mentorship for young researchers, as former chairman of a final - selection committee for the ESF EURYI awards (ca 1 M EUR each) he was nominated president of an academy formed by the 100 eminent young researchers that have been awarded in total during this program.

He also was a member and former president of the American Physical Society, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, and a foreign member of the Royal Society and the Russian Academy of Sciences.

President of European Academies Science Advisory Council and former Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society

H.E. Andan Badran, Jordan's Former Prime Minister & Former Minister of Defense, President of Petra University Hossam Badrawi, physician, President of the Badrawi Foundation for Education and Development, and the founder and the honorary chairman of the Egyptian Council of Competitiveness (ENCC) Yee Cheong Lee, Chairman of Governing Board, International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre for South - South Cooperation under the auspices of UNESCO (ISTIC) Helene de Rode, Professor at the UCL - Mons Dr. Ghaith H. Fariz, Director of UNESCO Regional Bureau for Sciences in the Arab States; Cluster Office for Egypt, Sudan, and Libya; and UNESCO Representative to Egypt Omar Fassi - Fehri, Permanent Secretary of the Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology, Morocco Nazar M. Hassan, UNESCO Senior Specialist for Science and Technology for the Arab States; Director of UNESCONECTAR Network H.E. Prof. Jo Ritzen, Honorary Professor of Maastrich University Chair and Founder of Empower European Universities and Initiator of the Vibrant Europe Forum Mahmoud M. Sakr, President of the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) Professor Peter Tindemans, Secretary General, EuroScience

Editor - in - Chief, Science Magazine Former President, National Academy of Sciences Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry University of California, San Francisco

Lindau Alumni 2017 Ana Torres and Octavio Saucedo, Nobel Laureate Mario Molina, Jose Franco, former President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, and Arturo Borja, Director of International Cooperation CONACYT, (from left to right) after a discussion on Public Policy at the 67th Lindau Meeting, Photo: Courtesy of Ana Torres

This thematic session chaired by, E. Sylvester Vizi, former President of Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

As a former president of the North Suburban Dietetic Association of Illinois and a current member of the Illinois Dietetic Association and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Sue Rose at My Diet Matters has nearly 40 years of nutritional experience.

He is a former President of the Ottawa Academy of Psychology.

Cheryl, the former film academy president who spearheaded the organization's radical inclusivity efforts after #OscarsSoWhite, was at the sixth annual dinner.

I didn't do anything that I understood the rules to exclude,» Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs still insists, «No matter how well - intentioned the communication, using one's position as a former governor and current executive committee member to personally promote one's own Oscar submission creates the appearance of an unfair advantage.»

Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the former film academy president who spearheaded the organization's radical inclusivity efforts after #OscarsSoWhite, was celebrated Tuesday at Icon Mann's sixth annual pre-Oscar dinner.

Sid Ganis Former executive at Sony Pictures, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros. and Paramount and former President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and ScFormer executive at Sony Pictures, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros. and Paramount and former President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Scformer President of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

Governor Donald Carcieri, Speaker Gordon Fox and Mayor Daniel J. McKee cut the ribbon at Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral Academy's 2009 opening, surrounded by (from left to right) Cranston mayor Allan Fung, R.I. attorney general Peter Kilmartin, former senate majority leader Daniel Connors, R.I. commissioner of education Deborah Gist, former president of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools Nel - son Smith and former R.I. representative Mary Ann Shallcross Smith.

Prominent speakers have included U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, historian Noam Chomsky, edX President Anant Agarwal, mindfulness guru Jon Kabat - Zinn, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Colin Powell, filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, autism activist Temple Grandin, media mogul Oprah Winfrey, Khan Academy founder and director Sal Khan, and Whistling Vivaldi author Claude Steele.

Bruce Alberts is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, and former president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

He is Past President and former President and Band Vice-President of the New Mexico Music Educators Association (NMMEA) and is also co-founder and president of the Southwest Music Academy, a non-profit organization that provides summer music instruction to hundreds of students in Southern NePresident and former President and Band Vice-President of the New Mexico Music Educators Association (NMMEA) and is also co-founder and president of the Southwest Music Academy, a non-profit organization that provides summer music instruction to hundreds of students in Southern NePresident and Band Vice-President of the New Mexico Music Educators Association (NMMEA) and is also co-founder and president of the Southwest Music Academy, a non-profit organization that provides summer music instruction to hundreds of students in Southern NePresident of the New Mexico Music Educators Association (NMMEA) and is also co-founder and president of the Southwest Music Academy, a non-profit organization that provides summer music instruction to hundreds of students in Southern Nepresident of the Southwest Music Academy, a non-profit organization that provides summer music instruction to hundreds of students in Southern New Mexico.

He is a former Vice President of the American Educational Research Association, a member of the National Academy of Education and Fellow of the American Educational Research Association and NEPC.

Prominent speakers have included U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, historian Noam Chomsky, edX President Anant Agarwal, mindfulness guru Jon Kabat Zinn, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Colin Powell, filmmaker M.Night Shyamalan, autism activist Temple Grandin, media mogul Oprah Winfrey, Khan Academy founder and director Sal Khan, and Whistling Vivaldi author Claude Steele.

Audrey Soglin: executive director, Illinois Education Association Mark Sass: social sciences teacher, Legacy High School, Denver, CO; 2014 Hope Street Group National Teacher Fellow Cynthia Robinson - Rivers: former director of Teacher Retention and Recognition, D.C. Public Schools Chris Poulos: Spanish teacher, Joel Barlow High School, Redding, CT; Teacher - Leader in Residence, CT State Department of Education; vice president, National Network of State Teachers of the Year; Connecticut Teacher of the Year 2007 David Low: high school science teacher, The Sound School, New Haven, CT; 2013 New Haven Teacher of the Year; vice president of high schools, New Haven Federation of Teachers Tony Klemmer: founder and president, National Academy of Advanced Teacher Education and The Center for Better Schools Emily Ayscue Hassel: co-director, Public Impact Celine Coggins: founder and chief executive officer, Teach Plus

«Since its founding, Visions Academy has shared Marion P. Thomas Charter School's commitment to rigorous academic preparation and community engagement,» said Reverend Ronald Slaughter, the former President of the Visions Academy Board of Trustees.

«We've thrown out tradition and rebuilt this thing,» said Arthur Levine, the academy's founding president and former head of one of the preeminent traditional schools of education, Columbia University's Teachers College.

The arts charter school was supposed to be sharing space with the Medical Academy Charter School, which was co-founded by former Bethlehem school board president Craig Haytmanek.