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A Community of Scholars

For more than eighty years, scholars at the Institute for Advanced Study have sought to understand the complexities of the physical world and of humanity, prompting advances in science and society. Access a listing of the Institute’s community of scholars from our founding to today and learn more about some noted figures in IAS history.

IAS Letter Articles

Nima Arkani-Hamed and Juan Maldacena describe the rigid yet fragile structure that led to the recent discovery of the Higgs particle and what new questions it might lead us to answer. more...

Video Lectures

Mark Goresky on A Hollywood Celebrity, the “Bad Boy” of Music, and the History of Modern Wireless Communications
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