The awards honored "achievements that cannot or should not be reproduced".
In the life sciences category, prizes honored achievements such as the discovery of a drug target for heart disease and the development of a technique for controlling neurons with light called optogenetics.
After all, it was, as Morgan said, a day to honor achievement.
The Kashmiri poet Rahman Rahi has received the Jnanpith Award, which honors achievement in Indian literature.
The comedian Hannibal Buress hosted the invite-only Webby Awards, held to honor achievement on the Internet.
The first annual Symmys awards, honoring achievement in the creation of palindromes, were handed out on Sunday in Portland, Ore.
The show also honors achievement in music (Carlos Santana, above, will be inducted into the hall of fame) and literature.
A few weeks before the tree vandalism, the city, along with the local Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau, sponsored the annual Sunset Strip Billboard Awards, which honors achievement in that area.
A15 Prize for Scientist-Priest The Rev. Dr. John C. Polkinghorne, 71, a particle physicist who resigned his Cambridge professorship 23 years ago to become an Anglican priest, was awarded the $1 million Templeton Prize, which honors achievement in spiritual matters.
8 P.M. (BET) BET AWARDS '09 This ceremony honoring achievement by blacks and other minorities in entertainment and sports is dedicated to Michael Jackson and his influence on music and pop culture.
