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The 2021 Kyoto Prize laureates will be announced at the press conference starting at 3 p.m. JST on June 18!
On May 20, 2021, Dr. Jane Goodall, a primatologist and the 1990 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences, was awarded the 2021 Templeton Prize which honors individuals who harness the power of the sciences to explore the deepest questions of the universe and humankind’s purpose within it.
The Inamori Foundation is pleased to announce the 2021 Kyoto Prize laureates on June 18, 2021.
In the second installment of the series “Unearthing the Words of Kyoto Prize Laureates,” we were privileged to interview Dr. Takashi Mimura, the 2017 Kyoto Prize laureate in the Advanced Technology category.
Kyoto Prize at Oxford 2020, which was postponed last Spring due to the spread of a new coronavirus infection, will be held online as the Kyoto Prize at Oxford 2021 and distributed from the University of Oxford.
In the first installment of the series “Unearthing the Words of Kyoto Prize Laureates,” we had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Toyoki Kunitake, the 2015 Kyoto Prize laureate in the Advanced Technology category.
Dr. Isamu Akasaki, who contributed to the realization of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), passed away on April 1, 2021 at the age of 92. Dr. Akasaki conducted persistently intensive research on gallium nitride (GaN) and its application to LEDs. His efforts culminated in the pioneering realization of blue LEDs, which led to the birth of...
The 2020 Kyoto Prize Symposium (KPS), which was postponed in last March due to the spread of a new coronavirus infection, will be held online as the 2021 Kyoto Prize Symposium and distributed from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Presentations by the 2019 Kyoto Prize laureates, Dr. Ching W. Tang (Advanced Technology), Dr....
On March 15, 2021, Dr. László Lovász , the 2010 Kyoto Prize laureate in Basic Sciences, was awarded the Abel Prize which recognizes mathematicians with extraordinary achievements. Congratulations on this great honor! The Prize was jointly awarded to Dr. Avi Wigderson. It recognizes “their foundational contributions to theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics, and their...
On March 5, 2021, Dr. Martha Craven Nussbaum , the 2016 Kyoto Prize laureate in Arts and Philosophy, was selected as the recipient of the Holberg Prize which honors scholars who have made outstanding contributions to research in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology. Many congratulations on this prestigious recognition! Dr. Nussbaum introduced the...
Dr. Isamu Akasaki, the 2009 Kyoto Prize laureate in Advanced Technology, was awarded the 2021 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering on February 2. The Prize recognizes researchers who have brought benefits to the world through groundbreaking technological innovations. Congratulations for the great honor! Dr. Akasaki’s persistent research on gallium nitride (GaN) and its application to...
“Savoring the Words from Kyoto Prize Laureates” is a series featuring the words of Kyoto Prize laureates. This is the second installment in the series. The words featured in this piece can be also enjoyed by touching the large displays at the Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art in Kyoto . We hope you will...