“I am the last of the standing unilateralists,” Mr. Oren declared in a lecture in March at Georgetown University, where he was a visiting professor in Jewish studies until being named ambassador.

Toward clarification of the systematics of this nomenclaturally and veterinarily important species, we map its polytene chromosomes and then use the macrogenomic information to prospect for hidden diversity, interpret the taxonomy, resolve evolutionary relationships, and gain insights into the drivers of its historic pest status and the pest status of black flies more generally.

His speech of acceptance was brief but moving.

The scenes depicted on the emunctory field, showing our ancient duns and raths and cromlechs and grianauns and seats of learning and maledictive stones, are as wonderfully beautiful and the pigments as delicate as when the Sligo illuminators gave free rein to their artistic fantasy long long ago in the time of the Barmecides.