3rd DISTINGUISHED LECTURE "Stelios Orphanoudakis"The architect Manolis Korres, Professor at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and restoration coordinator of the Parthenon at the Acropolis will give the 3rd Lecture in the context of "Stelios Orphanoudakis" Distinguished Lecture Series at the Institute for Mediterranean Studies of FORTH in Rethymnon on Friday, 18 March 2011, at 19:30 p.m.

Call for the Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching V. Xanthopoulos - St. PnevmatikosThe call has now opened for the 21st Award for Excellence in Academic Teaching in memory of Vassilis Xanthopoulos and Stephanos Pnevmatikos, both professors at the University of Crete and members of the Foundation for Research & Technology (FORTH).

Obituary for George ThireosIt was with shock and great pain that the Scientific Council of IMBB learned of the sudden demise on January 20, 2011 of the former Director of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and Vice-President of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Dr. George Thireos.

THE ATHENS DIALOGUES organized by the Onassis Cultural Centre Athens, GreeceThe Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation in collaboration with the Institut de France, Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies, Oxford University, Stanford University, the Academia dei Lincei, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, the German Archaeological Institute and the Academy of Athens, is organizing from 24 - 27 November 2010 the innovative international, interdisciplinary conference on the role of Greek culture in modern society entitled:

"T H E   A T H E N S   D I A L O G U E S"