The president of the prestigious Kyiv Mohyla Academy,Serhiy Kvit, is among the new Education Minister's prominent critics.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

He feels equally at home at a local event or a prestigious stage such as Carnegie Hall.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

With golf's most prestigious event the Master's Tournament just weeks away, many people are wondering whether Golf's biggest star is ready for a comeback.

VOA: standard.2010.02.19

He says there are many good students attending less prestigious universities who have been forced to abandon their educations because they simply cannot afford them.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

"It's certainly an honor. It's one of the most prestigious awards not only just for women but really the most prestigious awards in science around the world."

VOA: standard.2010.03.29

The prestigious journal Science is out with its top 10 breakthroughs of 2009.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

The country's first post-apartheid president, Nelson Mandela, campaigned hard for the prestigious tournament because he saw it as a way to further reconciliation after decades of racial separation and conflict.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07