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Miss America 2016 is of Greek origin

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[:el] Betty Cantrell the winner of the top US beauty pageant is of Greek origin. Along with the impressive Miss America crown for a year she also won a $ 50,000 scholarship. Betty Cantrell turned 21 years on 1st September. She is of Greek and German...

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Prolific professor in Yale University

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[:el] Costas Meghir, or Konstantinos Ektor Dimitrios as is his full name, is a Greek-British Douglas A. Warner III Professor of Economics at Yale University from 2010 and a Visiting Professor at University College London from 2011. He has been honored with the “Ragnar Frisch Medal” in...

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The star of the television series Modern Family

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[:el] Ariel Winter is an actress mostly known from the television series “Modern Family”, a singer, a model and a voice actress. Ariel Winter was born on January 28, 1998 in Los Angeles. Her greek name is Eleftheria, as she reavealed in an interview. Her...

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Teaching in MIT since 26 years old

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[:el] Dimitris Bertsimas is the Boeing Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management, a Professor of Operations Research, and the Co-Director of the Operations Research Center at MIT. “Greek universities lack in moral, optimism, and faith that through hard work the greek academic community can...

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One of the top Nuclear Engineers in the world

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[:el] Lefteris Tsoukalas is considered to be one of the five best Nuclear Engineers in the world. While he grew up in Greece, his talent was fully acknowledged in America, where he graduated from the University. He believes deeply that Greece could defeat the economic...

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One of the World’s most influential scientific minds

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[:el] Paul Pavlou was named by Thomson Reuters as one of World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds, in its list of highly cited researchers in June 2014. This distinction was given to Pavlou for his citations of his work in a 10-year period, between 2002-2012. The...

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Greek researcher finds new pathway that controls metabolism

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A new approach to prevent and even cure obesity may be found, thanks to a study led by researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School and published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. By analyzing the cellular circuitry underlying the strongest genetic association...

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Studies the global impact of the Greek mythology

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[:el] Andromache Karanika is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of California, Irvine. She worked at the same university as an Assistant Professor from 2006-2012. “The most attractive element about Greek mythology is the idea and ideal of a journey. Greek mythology is...

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Greek scientist awarded by the American Chemical Society

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[:el] The American Chemical Society announced the recipients for the 2016 Awards. The scientists awarted are distinguished in their fields in Chemistry and their research. Among the recipients, we find a Greek professor, Mercouri Kanatzidis. Mercouri Kanatzidis received the ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry, sponsored by...

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Studies the potential to discover life beyond our planet

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[:el] Anezina Solomonidou is a PostDoctoral Research Fellow in NASA‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) She was born on the 29th of September 1983 and comes from the beautiful Greek island of Milos, which has a rich geological interest and a very unique morphology. Spending a lot...

Miss America 2016 is of Greek origin

Prolific professor in Yale University

The star of the television series Modern Family

Teaching in MIT since 26 years old

One of the top Nuclear Engineers in the world

One of the World’s most influential scientific minds

Greek researcher finds new pathway that controls metabolism

Studies the global impact of the Greek mythology

Greek scientist awarded by the American Chemical Society

Studies the potential to discover life beyond our planet

Dr. Ioanna (Joan) Vernikos – The first Greek female scientist at NASA

Katerina Gogou – The carefree girl of Greek cinema who was anything...

Rania Bellou – The artist of memory

Alec Issigonis – The Greek behind the legendary Mini Cooper

Metsovo – An Autumn Fairytale in the Pindus

Stefanos Ntouskos – The Greek Who Carried His Country with Oars

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