Nobel Peace Prize
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Reflections on Leadership from Marietta's McDonough Conference
Marietta College, Ohio. The J. Luce Foundation ( link ) is opening the Luce Leadership Centre at Caribbean Maritime University ( link ) in June, open to its 6,000 student…
Dalai Lama: Most-Photographed Man Prepares to Retire
Bodh Gaya, India. The 14th Dalai Lama , known to his followers for having a charismatic personality and universal values, is actually named Tenzin Gyatso. Dalai Lamas are…
Nobel Peace Prize to Malala Yousafzay, Kailash Satyarthi
Oslo, Norway. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 is to be awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzay for their struggle…
Update: Nobel Winner Mario Vargas Llosa Unveils New Novel
UPDATE: Nobel-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa is unveiling his new novel, titled The Discreet Hero and set in his native Peru. The novel revisits two influential cities…
First 'Davos' for Women's International Development in NYC
New York, N.Y. I met Cecilia Attias, former First Lady of France and founder and executive chair of the Cecilia Attias Foundation for It was extraordinarily successful -…
Relationships Between Israelis and Arabs – Thru Gaming?
I learned from my American grandparents – who had family fight in WWII on both fronts – that Germans and Japanese ‘were not like us.’ It was hinted that they were "other"…