About the Friends
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Friends of the Institute for Advanced Study are partners in the advancement of research and scholarship at the highest level and, as such, are encouraged to participate in the intellectual and cultural life of the Institute. In accepting our invitation to become a Friend, you will have the opportunity to interact with Institute Faculty and Members, attend forums, lectures, concerts and films, receive Institute publications and access to our libraries and dining hall.
One of the world's leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry, the Institute exists to encourage and support fundamental research in the sciences and humanities – the original, often speculative, thinking that produces advances in knowledge that change the way we understand the world. Each year, the Institute awards fellowships to visiting Members, who are selected by our permanent Faculty.
Our more than 5,000 former Members hold positions of intellectual and scientific leadership in the United States and abroad. Some twenty-one Nobel Laureates, and thirty-four out of forty-eight Fields Medalists, have been Institute Faculty or Members. Many winners of the Wolf or MacArthur prizes have also been affiliated with the Institute.
In becoming a Friend, you participate in an exchange of immense value. Friends provide the Institute with significant discretionary income every year, supplying stipends for Members, matching funds necessary to secure grants from other sources, and contributing in many other estimable ways to the sustainability of our mission.
| "I come to the Institute to be intellectually challenged, to learn about the unfamiliar or to think in different ways about things that are familiar. I am never disappointed." Tina Greenberg, President, Friends of the Institute |
Friends Events
Friends have many opportunities to participate in the intellectual and cultural life of the Institute, with access to:
- Friends Forums
- Fireside Chats
- Culture & Cuisine Series
- Institute Lectures and Other Scholarly Gatherings
- Institute Dining Services
- Institute Concerts and Films
- Institute Libraries
- Institute Publications
- A Secure, Dedicated Website
Past programs include:
- Carolyn Walker Bynum, Western Medieval History, School of Historical Studies, The Presence of Objects: Medieval Anti-Judaism in Modern Germany
- Jonathan Israel, Professor, Modern European History, School of Historical Studies, Spinoza. Or the Failed Jewish Businessman Who Changed the World Through Philosophy
- Arnold Levine, Professor, The Simons Center for Systems Biology, School of Natural Sciences, Searching the Human Genome for Clues to the Origins of Cancer
- Eric S. Maskin, Albert O. Hirschman Professor, School of Social Science, How Should Presidents be Elected?
- Ian Roxborough, Friends supported Member (2006), School of Social Science, Fighting World War IV: Preparing for World War V
Past programs include:
- Robert Geddes, Dean Emeritus, School of Architecture, Princeton University, The Architecture of the Institute, from Flexner to Goddard
- John McGoldrick, Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Bristol-Myers Squibb, AIDS in Africa: Will 100 Million Die? A Report from the Front
- Detlev Vagts, Bemis Professor of International Law, Emeritus, Harvard Law School, Spreading Liberty Round the World: The Devil in the Details
Past programs include:
- Darra Goldstein, Founding Editor, Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, Feeding Desire: The Orchestration of the Meal
- James E. McWilliams, Professor of History, Texas State University-San Marcos. A Revolution in Eating: How the Quest for Food Shaped America
For further information, please contact Pamela Hughes at (609) 734-8204 or 
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