As she accepted the Intellectual Property Owner's Association's 27th Annual Inventor of the Year award on June 28 for her work in tissue engineering she is the first individual woman to win the award–her Donna Reed-style hair and her concerned expression made her look like a doctor about to apply a Band-Aid.
HOW much did the jury award her in the lawsuit?
Even if a poet gets a big award, her next book may sell 2,000 copies instead of 200.
Winner of the Mettler-Toledo Award, her textbook The Thermal Characterization of Polymeric Materials is a classic in the field.
Though she wins the pageant's "Best Talent" award, her family isn't there to see it – they leave early, bored.
She asked the court to award her $46,000 a month for living expenses.
A panel of arbitrators heard her case but did not award her any money.
They wanted to award her a Japanese Order but she refused to take it.
In January, Ms. Wachner asked the bankruptcy court in Manhattan to award her "not less than $25.1 million" as compensation.
Poitras's documentary about Edward Snowden, Citizenfour, recently won an Academy award; her relationship with the Whitney started when her work featured in their 2012 biennial.
On collecting the award, her joy at being recognised by the Brits, the establishment that had snubbed her for years, was tempered by a visible unease.
