Dear Running Strong family and friends, I am reaching out with Donna Janell Bowman to introduce you to our new children’s book we co-authored titled: “Wings of an Eagle. The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills” released July 2, 2024. The book is beautifully illustrated by our own highly respected S.D. Nelson, Standing Rock Sioux. I will begin by sharing a few...
3 min read NASA Webb, Hubble Scientist Marcia Rieke Awarded Gruber Cosmology Prize Marcia Rieke, a scientist who worked on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Hubble Space Telescope, has received the Gruber Foundation’s 2024 Cosmology Prize. Rieke will receive the award and gold laureate pin at a ceremony August 8, 2024, at the General Assembly of the International...
During the 2019 RBA cycle, the Selection Committee gravitated towards projects that “changed the narrative,” challenging assumptions and changing attitudes and perceptions about people, places, and urban development. This idea guided the RBA team as we documented the stories of the 2019 medalists along with the observations and lessons learned gleaned...
Vaccine R&D Leader Kathrin Jansen and Immunologist Kizzmekia Corbett Awarded Sabin’s Gold Medal and Rising Star Respectively
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I’ve had such wild ride these last few months thanks to a pair of sneakers that were dropped down the donation chute at Portland Rescue Mission’s Burnside Shelter. Earlier this year, a man who is in our long term shelter program was sorting through clothing and shoe donations. He noticed a bright gold pair of Air Jordan sneakers near the bottom of one of the bins...
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The Auction Has Ended! $50,800! The gold Air Jordans, the mystery donation that has puzzled and delighted us, sold for MORE THAN TWICE their estimated auction price at Sotheby’s this morning!! A community of us gathered along with James, who found the shoes, in a conference room at Portland Rescue Mission while we hit the refresh button on the Sotheby’s website for...
Nominations for the prestigious annual Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal and the Sabin Rising Star Award are now open. These annual awards from the Sabin Vaccine Institute recognize those who have made extraordinary contributions in the field of vaccinology or a complementary field such as infectious disease or public health. The Sabin Gold Medal commemorates the legacy of...
The Sabin Vaccine Institute today awarded the 30th Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal Award to Thomas P. Monath, MD, and its Rising Star Award to Sangwe Clovis Nchinjoh, MD, MPH, in a ceremony at Washington D.C.’s National Academy of Sciences building. Dr. Monath was selected for the Gold Medal for his more than four decades of commitment to advancing knowledge of...
The Ohio Museums Association (OMA) presented NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland with two OMA 2023 Visual Communications Awards during its annual meeting in Sandusky, Ohio, on April 14. NASA Glenn and contractor Impact Inc. received the Gold Award (Level 2) and the Best in Show Award for the updated “Science in Space: Interactive International Space Station...