E.O. Wilson wins Cosmos Prize
E.O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor Emeritus, has been awarded the 20th annual International Cosmos Prize by Japan’s Expo ’90 Foundation. The prize, worth 40 million Japanese yen ($511,444), will be presented to Wilson on Oct. 29 in Osaka, Japan. “I am very grateful to receive [this prize],” said Wilson, who was selected from a list of 153 nominees representing 25 countries. “In a special way it is the culmination of a long life and career that have led me to the same purpose of this prize: the harmonious coexistence of humanity and the natural world.” Wilson, an ant expert, entomologist, and conservationist at Harvard for 61 years, and a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, is recognized for his contributions both to biology and to the broader causes of interdisciplinary learning and biodiversity. A native of Alabama, Wilson has been fascinated by ants, butterflies, and snakes since childhood; he followed his passion to a...