Sentences with phrase «society in a significant way»

Back in April we welcomed launch of the Golden Goose Awards, an annual prize awarded to honor federally funded research «whose work may once have been viewed as unusual, odd, or obscure, but has produced important discoveries benefiting society in significant ways.».

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I am proud of the ways you have made service a significant part of your life: as a boy scout, an alter server at our parish, with your religious education class (making lunches for those who are less fortunate in a nearby suburb), as a member of National Junior Honor Society at Keller, and volunteering with the Summer Learning Program at our neighborhood library.

By extension, a significant part of a Big Society - type response to the riots involves returning responsibility to individuals in two very specific (and, as yet, underexplored) ways.

It had not occurred to me that such a exploration of the «integral society» was important — or even significant — or that it was necessary to fathom the means and ways that I was situated in the larger social order, immersed in an internally differentiated yet dialectically unified nation state called Canada, living in the fringes of a civil society consisting of an ensemble of practices and relations of power dialectically interpellated by and integrated within the state.

This free eBook has been written for those of us concerned with how we learn, particularly at work: Here are all the ways in which «digital transformation» describes a hugely significant ongoing shift in how societies and businesses operate.

Accelerated English 9 is an accelerated literature - based writing course that focuses on significant works of world literature and explores the ways in which time periods, societies and culture values frame our understanding of a literary work.

Today's global society leaves the American student at a disadvantage that can only be remedied by a significant change in the way we structure and approach teaching and learning.

Ayla has to call on all her skills, intelligence, knowledge, and instincts to find her way in this complicated society, to prepare for the birth of her child, and to decide whether she will accept new challenges and play a significant role in the destiny of the Zelandonii.

Including a bequest to Danbury Animal Welfare Society in your will or living trust is an easy way to make a significant contribution that you may not be able to make during life.

Following their historic lead, there's truth to the old adage that birds of a feather flock together, as there are numerous women in contemporary society that continue to effect change globally in the way art is perceived, understood and collected, among them Agnes Gund, the current President Emerita of MoMA; Sheikha Al Mayassa Al Thani, who at 31 is the Director of the Qatar Museum Authority with an unlimited acquisition budget; Emily Fisher Landau, famed art collector and philanthropist, who founded the Fisher Landau Center for Art and is a trustee and generous donor for the Whitney Museum of American Art; Rosa de la Cruz, who with her husband Carlos, founded the de la Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space (Miami), which provides education and awareness in the visual arts; Dasha Zhukova, the formidable founder of the most significant private art foundation in Russia, the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art; and Miuccia Prada, CEO of Prada fashion and co-founder of Fondazione Prada, which promotes contemporary art and other arts - related interests; all of these remarkable women share the passion that Beth has developed for the arts and artists.

Nowhere in climate science after 25 years and a few hundred billions of dollars of research can I discern where there have been any significant and useable benefits to any society in any perceivable or useful way.

The PLTC is far from a perfect solution, but if the right private - sector partners could be found — and if, as the task force observes, «a significant shift [occurs] in the way in which the profession and the Law Society approaches and thinks about practical training» — I think it would really be worth a shot.

The Report found that «the single significant contributing factor to incarceration is the disadvantaged and unequal position of Aboriginal people in Australian society in every way, whether socially, economically or culturally.»

The AAP is committed to leading an invigorated, science - based effort at transforming the way our society invests in the development of all children, particularly those who face significant adversity.74