From Nobel to Innovation.Recipients of the Nobel Prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. have brought the world great discoveries in physics, medicine, chemistry, economics and literature. They are, in Alfred Nobel's words, "those who shall have conferred con·fer v. con·ferred, con·fer·ring, con·fers v.tr. 1. To bestow (an honor, for example): conferred a medal on the hero; conferred an honorary degree on her. the greatest benefit on mankind MANKIND. Persons of the male sex; but in a more general sense, it includes persons of both sexes; for example, the statute of 25 Hen. VIII., c. 6, makes it felony to commit, sodomy with mankind or beast. Females as well as males axe included under the term mankind. Fortesc. 91; Bac. Ab. ." California is home to the world's greatest concentration of these contributors to mankind, just as California is home to the world's greatest concentration of businesses based upon scientific and technological discovery. Those of us in California engineering and business build upon these discoveries to create innovations in products and services, in order to bring their benefits to bear on our society and economy. Each of us plays a role. But the Nobel Centennial in California this year celebrates another role--the role of transmitting the spirit of discovery, the spark of innovation, the human delight of exploration to new generations. This role is central to the continued creation in California of the benefit of advanced science and technology. This is the role that joins Laureates and students, teachers and parents, creators and discoverers, educators and business leaders to inspire every child in California and every student world-wide to bring their intelligence to bear on the problems that confront our society. We dedicate ded·i·cate tr.v. ded·i·cat·ed, ded·i·cat·ing, ded·i·cates 1. To set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate. 2. our efforts at Sun to foster the requisites for discovery: access to knowledge, support for education, and encouragement for the spirit and practice of innovation. As one element of this effort, Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , as an innovator of Internet technologies and services, is proud to sponsor this Nobel Prize Centennial in California to honor our Nobel Laureates Winners of the Nobel Prize are scientists, writers and peacemakers who have been awarded in their field of endeavour, and who are known collectively as either Nobel laureates or Nobel Prize winners. -- their work, their inspiration, and their leadership-with the hope that their example will be a beacon for teachers and students in California. Since our inception in 1982, Sun has been committed to sponsoring and collaborating with the educational community to enhance their contribution to technological innovation. It is our aim to develop the seeds of new companies that may emerge from our leading universities, to help students undertake lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. through virtual classrooms, to aid teachers in preparing students for the networked economy, and to encourage research institutions to develop the life changing technologies of the future. By involvement in programs such as COSMOS, a program supported by the Centennial Celebrations of the Nobel Prize in California that offers a university residential academic experience for top high school students in mathematics and science, Sun hopes to provide students with the opportunity to develop their sense of wonder in exploring the world around them, and to give them a chance to understand the deep rewards that can come from following the example of our Nobel Laureates. Someday some·day adv. At an indefinite time in the future. Usage Note: The adverbs someday and sometime express future time indefinitely: We'll succeed someday. Come sometime. , they may bring the fruit of their ideas into the dynamic California and world economy. |
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