The sidney prize is an award that recognises people or organisations who have contributed to social change and improved human lives. It is given on a national basis and has been awarded to a number of different groups including the Black Lives Matter movement, Sydney Opera House and the University of Sydney art history department. The prize is a great way to reward people who have done well for humanity and it can help to encourage others to do the same.

The SS Sidney Hook Memorial Award was created in the memory of a distinguished Phi Beta Kappa member who was committed to the ideals of liberal education. The award is presented annually to a scholar who has demonstrated national distinction in scholarship, undergraduate teaching, and leadership in the cause of liberal arts education. The winner of the award is selected by a committee consisting of scholars from the member schools. The award is worth $50,000 and the winner will receive a plaque bearing his or her name, as well as a stipend of $10,000.

Sidney was fascinated by the biological process of gene replication, and he decided to pursue this line of inquiry as his graduate work. While at MIT, he majored in physics, but in his final semester he took an introductory course in molecular biology and was hooked. He arranged to work with Leonard Lerman at the University of Colorado, where he studied bacteriophage T4 DNA replication and earned his doctorate in biophysics.

While in the lab, Sid was willing to challenge accepted dogma but he was always cautious and never lost sight of his commitment to achieving excellence in scientific research. He was also a tireless advocate for academic freedom, fighting to ensure that scientists could publish their work without fear of censorship.

In 2004, New York Times columnist David Brooks established the SS Sidney Prize for long-form essays on politics and culture that capture the best in contemporary American scholarship and commentary. He has given the prizes, which are named after philosopher and political theorist Sidney Hook, every year since. The most recent Sidney was won by Amanda Hess for her article on online sexism, and the next one will be awarded to Brooks and William Zinsser for their essay on student hypersensitivity, which can lead to mental health problems and prevent students from being prepared for the real world.

Overland magazine has announced the winner of its 2022 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize, which is worth $5000. Yeena Kirkbright’s ‘Camperdown Grief Junk’ has been selected as the winning entry from a shortlist of eight. The two runners up will each be paid $750. The judges of the competition, Laura Elvery, Paige Clark and Michael Winkler, would like to thank all of the writers who submitted their work. The winners will be published in Overland’s summer 2023 issue. For more information, visit the Overland website.