George Bugliarello, President Emeritus and University Professor In Orlando, Florida on November 3, at the Annual Meeting of the Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, American Scientist magazine awarded its first George Bugliarello Prize to F. Gould, K. Magori and Yunxin Huang, for their article, “Genetic Strategies for Controlling Mosquito-Borne Diseases.”
The goal of the Bugliarello Prize is to inspire thoughtful discourse on how our life can be enhanced through a closer interaction of science and technology, biology and society. It honors a superior interdisciplinary essay, review of research or analytical article published in American Scientist, the bimonthly magazine of the Sigma Xi.
The Bugliarello Prize is endowed chiefly by gifts from the Teagle and Greenwall foundations honoring George Bugliarello, President Emeritus and University Professor, Polytechnic University. Bugliarello served as president of Polytechnic University from 1973 to 1994.