vendredi 12 décembre 2008

on rewards and prizes

Tonight there were awarded prizes for the most representative people for Romania: actors, journalists, businessmen... The person of the year is Aurora Simionescu, 24 years, researcher in astro-physics. She is part of a team from University of Bremen, Germany, that found out a part of the world that was never known before. At the end of her speech she pointed out three important things/wishes with which i definitely agree:
1. Romania to be an integrated part of the Europe and not just economically;
2. next prizes to be won by scientists from Romanian research institutes and not just by Romanians;
3. the award the most important scientist to be given.

Especially the second wish made me smile and be sad in the same time...

By the way, the most admired person in Romania is apparently the president Traian Basescu!

1 commentaires:

andi a dit…

Amazing! What part of the world did she discover?
And I think it's already a great achievement if we recognize Romanian talent, even if it is abroad. For the second wish to come true.. what VIP is doing is not enough, it requires a true commitment from the Romanian state for financing R&D and creating opportunities in Romania for this kind of discoveries. And when you think about the trouble we have to cover education and health budgetary needs, i don't think that time will come very soon....