New Albany Community Foundation’s Remarkable Evening
Rewriting the Future By Emily Lutz
Nobel Prize-winning biochemist to speak at Remarkable Evening
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Photos courtesy of Jennifer Doudna
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hile the list of past speakers for the New Albany Community Foundation’s Remarkable Evening certainly boasts a number of impressive names, Jennifer Doudna will be the event’s first Nobel Prize winner. Remarkable Evening’s past speakers have included presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, Pulitzer Prize winners, and more. Though Doudna’s name may not be as recognizable as some of those speakers, her contributions to science as a biochemist have been hailed as revolutionary. “Her work was really breakthrough work that will help lead to advances in areas like curing diseases,” says Craig Mohre, president of the New Albany Community Foundation. “While she might
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