International Students' Committee
St. Gallen (ots) - For the 24th time the Max Schmidheiny Foundation will award its Freedom Prize on Saturday, May 25, on the occasion of the 32nd ISC-Symposium, taking place at the University of St. Gallen, from May 23-25, 2002. Every year, the Max Schmidheiny Foundation promotes outstanding scientific, political and entrepreneurial initiatives and achievements that safeguard individual freedom and responsibility. ...
Berthold Leibinger Stiftung GmbH
Ditzingen, Germany (ots) - The private foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung holds its Innovation Prize competition for applied laser technology once again. The topics in 2002 will be laser medicine and production technology. The invention of the laser 40 years ago initiated a development that has produced remarkable results in every sphere of daily life: today ...
Bundesamt f. Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft
Bern (ots) - The Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the University of Geneva are continuing to support the GRID-Geneva centre (Global Resource Information Database). The three partners signed an agreement on Friday which will renew their support for a period of four years. GRID's ...
Cross-reference: photo was sent via satellite and is available at: www.newsaktuell.ch/f/galerie.htx?type=obs and www.photopress.ch Zurich (ots) - World Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has pulled out all the stops for Switzerland. The Aletsch region with its breathtaking world of glaciers formed the backdrop for a different kind of photo session. Leading Swiss photographer Michel Comte was called in to take the first shots as part of a remarkable ...