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Bruce Springsteen, Jose Feliciano and Gladys Knight to receive US National Medal Of Arts
Gladys Knight To Be Honored With The National Medal of Arts
Music legend Gladys Knight is being honored with a coveted award few achieve in this lifetime.
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The news that Knight would be receiving the National Medal of Arts was announced via a press release.
“The National Medal of Arts recipients have helped to define and enrich our nation’s cultural legacy through their life long passionate commitment,” said National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chair Maria Rosario Jackson.
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79-Year-Old Vint Cerf Receives IEEE Medal of Honor
Vinton Cerf, widely known as the ‘Father of the Internet,’ has been awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor in 2023 for his contributions to the development of the Internet architecture and for his leadership in its growth as a critical infrastructure for society. In 1974, Robert Kahn and Cerf, who was working as program manager at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Processing Techniques Office, jointly designed the Transmission Control Protocol and the Internet Protocol. Together they make up the Internet’s core architecture and enable computers to connect and exchange traffic….
Since 2005, Cerf has been vice president and chief Internet evangelist at Google in Reston, Va., promoting the usage of the Internet for the benefit of the public. Cerf is also in charge of locating new technologies and creating policies that assist the production of Internet-based products and services.
IEEE Spectrum shares this quote from one of the endorsers of the award. “Cerf’s tireless commitment to the Internet’s evolution, improvement, oversight, and evangelism throughout its history has made an indelible impact on the world. It is largely due to his efforts that we even have the Internet, which has changed the way society lives.
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Two SpaceX commanders to receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor
American Weightlifter Olivia Reeves (71KG) Scores 139-Kilogram Clean & Jerk for Senior Worlds Bronze Medal
In what would be a productive year for any weightlifter, American competitor Olivia Reeves has certainly started to resemble a potential weightlifting superstar. After already setting a clean & jerk record (138 kilograms/304.2 pounds) at the 2022 USA Weightlifting (USAW) National Championships — a Senior American Record in the 71-kilogram division — Reeves wasn’t done. The 19-year-old athlete…
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