It's New Year's Day, and besides the obligatory college bowl games, it's the day for the Tournament of Roses parade. Which Rose Parade floats won an award? And what are those crazy awards, anyway?

The winner of this year’s Olof Palme prize, Parvin Ardalan, has been forced off the plane she was due to take to come to the prize ceremony in Stockholm.

Garrie Watson, from Dundee, has been named the winner of the Dundee Civic Award 2008, awarded by Town and Regional Planning at the University of Dundee.

Twenty-six winners from schools throughout Oxfordshire received prizes at the Sixth Form Biologist of 2007-08 ceremony held at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History on 7 February.

The passion and innovation of Microsoft Corp. partners took center stage today as the company announced the first round of winners in the Ingenuity Point contest.

Microsoft Corp., in partnership with the United Service Organizations (USO), is proud to announce the finalists for the first annual Microsoft Above and Beyond Awards. The awards recognize the contributions of the military community — friends, family and other individuals — who brighten the lives of U.S. troops throughout the world.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) today announced the winners of its 17th annual Supplier Awards Program. The Best-in-Class and Meritorious Performance Awards recognize companies that make outstanding contributions to Sun’s record of delivering superior technology, quality service and excellent value to its customers.

The national alliance organization of Women In Film (WIF) and the General Motors Corporation (GM) announced today five winners of the second annual WIF/GM 2007 Opening Doors/Abriendo Puertas: The Acceleration Grant for Emerging Latina Filmmakers.

AT&T Inc. today announced that its eSales and Service organization was presented with a Stevie Award for "Best Sales Organization" at the 2007 International Business Awards. Additionally, the company's web portal, AT&T BusinessDirect®, earned an International Certificate of Finalist Recognition for its mobile capabilities.

The Microsoft Office team and HGTV interior designer Vern Yip presented Microsoft Home Office Makeover grand prize winner Crile Carvey with a $25,000 home office redesign.

Platinum Studios Inc. and AT&T Inc. announced today the winner of Platinum Studios' 2007 Comic Book Challenge presented by AT&T and distributed on AT&T's three screens, with support from the AT&T Universal Card.

AT&T Inc. has announced that the readers of Multi-Housing News have selected AT&T as a 2007 Technology Choice Award Winner in the field of telecommunications. AT&T supports property owners in their work to attract and retain residents with complete, reliable, end-to-end and next-generation communications and entertainment solutions through its recently rebranded AT&T Connected Communities program.