Janine Benyus to receive biodiversity technology pioneer award
On October 2, 2015, Biomimicry Institute co-founder Janine Benyus will receive the Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award during a forum at the Montana State University. The award will be co-presented by MSU and the American Computer & Robotics Museum and honors her work in the field of biomimicry.
The forum, titled “Planet in Peril: The Future of Humanity” is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, in the Strand Union Building ballrooms on the MSU campus and will be moderated by Robert Rydell from the MSU Department of History, Philosophy and Religious Studies.
Additional awards will be presented to Kjetil Våge, an oceanographer who has extensively studied ocean currents and global climate; and Laurie Marker, a wildlife biologist who has focused on studying and conserving the cheetah. The George R. Stibitz Computer and Communications Award will go to David Ferrucci.
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