01/12/1998
ICTP Director, Miguel A. Virasoro, has been elected to the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is one of 147 new fellows
and 22 honorary foreign members chosen in the field of physical
sciences. The goal of the Academy, which was founded more than
200 years ago, is to bring together leading figures from universities,
government, business and the creative arts to exchange ideas and
promote knowledge for the public interest. Arun Jayannavar, who
won the 1996 ICTP Prize, recently received the Shanti Swaroop
Bhatnagar Award, the highest honor the Indian government gives
to young scientists working mainly in India. Oxford University
professor Sir Robert May, a three time lecturer at ICTP courses
in mathematical ecology, is one of the recipients of the 1998
Balzan Foundation Prize. The prize, sponsored by the Italian and
Swiss Balzan Foundation, is awarded annually to individuals or
institutions working in "all fields of culture in the pursuit
of peace." The awards ceremony took place on 23 November
at the
Quirinale palace in Rome.