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News Release 10-076

NSB and NSF Recognize Extraordinary Science, Service with Annual Awards

Vannevar Bush Award, Waterman Award and Public Service Awards made as National Science Foundation and National Science Board celebrate 60th anniversary

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2010 winners of NSB and NSF annual awards.

Honored at the NSF/NSB 2010 Awards Dinner were (from left to right) Nalini Nadkarni, NSB Public Service Awardee; Rachel Sheinbein, president, the Expanding Your Horizons Network (EYH), NSB Public Service Awardee; NSB Chairman Steven Beering; NSF Director Arden L. Bement; EYH Executive Director Stacey Roberts-Ohr; Subhash Khot, NSF Waterman Awardee.

Credit: Sandy Schaeffer for NSF


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NSB's 2010 Vannevar Bush Awardee Bruce Alberts, editor-in-chief of Science magazine, speaks with NSF's Lisa-Joy Zgorski about his commitment to public education and the vast work in science that he has yet to pursue.

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NSB's 2010 Public Service Awardee Nalini Nadkarni speaks with Lisa-Joy Zgorski and describes her dual passion for science and outreach, often in non-traditional ways, mixing science, reverence for nature and spirituality to connect those with the world around them.

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NSF's 2010 Alan T. Waterman Awardee Subhash Khot of New York University speaks with Lisa-Joy Zgorski about his passion for mathematics and computer science and the applicability of theoretical computer science to address issues and solve problems of daily life.

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Representing The Expanding Your Horizons Network (EYH), NSB's 2010 Public Service Awardee, Executive Director Stacey Roberts-Ohr speaks with NSF's Lisa-Joy Zgorski about the importance of engaging young woman and girls in order that more may pursue careers in science.

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NSB Awards Chairman Ray Bowen presents the 2010 Vannevar Bush Award to Bruce Alberts.

NSB Awards Committee Chairman Ray Bowen presents the 2010 Vannevar Bush Award to Bruce Alberts, editor-in-chief of the journal Science, who wears a congratulatory Hawaiian lei presented to him by his friend M. R. C. Greenwood, president of the University of Hawaii.

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NSB Awards Committee Chairman Ray Bowen presents 2010 Public Service Award to Nalini Nadkarni.

NSB Awards Committee Chairman Ray Bowen presents the 2010 Public Service Award to Nalini Nadkarni of Evergreen State College.

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NSF Director Arden Bement presents the Alan T. Waterman Award to NYU's Subhash Khot.

NSF Director Arden L. Bement presents the foundation's highest honor, the Alan T. Waterman Award, to Subhash Khot of New York University.

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NSB's Ray Bowen presents 2010 Public Service Award to EYH President Rachel Sheinbein.

NSB Awards Committee Chairman Ray Bowen presents the 2010 Public Service Award to Rachel Sheinbein, president of the Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) network.

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