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The Institute Letter

 

Academic Year 2007-2008

Winter 2008 Eric S. Maskin Awarded Nobel Prize in Economics/Martin L. Leibowitz: Chairman of the Board of Trustees/Bahcall Fellowships/IAS Scholars Receive AMS Honors/IAS Faculty and Members Win Wolf and Crafoord Prizes/Pierre Deligne Honored by Government of Belgium/Bloomberg Hall: New Home of The Simons Center for Systems Biology/Analyzing Databases of Genomic Information/Biology at the Institute for Advanced Study/Designing a Laboratory for Ideas/Slate Oasis/Institute Celebrates James Wolfensohn's Service as Chairman/The History of Others: Foreign Peoples in Early Chinese Historiography/IAS Receives Heissig Collection/New Fuld Hall Courtyard Grounded in History/Founders' Circle Memberships/Charitable Gift Annuities/Charles Simonyi: Space Tourist/Marquand House: A Guesthouse for IAS Visitors
Fall 2007 Mathematician Peter Sarnak Appointed to the Faculty of the Institute/Particle Physicist Nima Arkani-Hamed to Join the School of Natural Sciences/James Wolfensohn: “A True Jewel in the Intellectual Firmament”/Letter from the Director/Michael Walzer on “Terrorism and Just War”/Robert Langlands: Far-Reaching Mathematics/Edward Witten on Geometric Langlands/Atle Selberg June 14, 1917-August 6, 2007/George Kennan: A Study of Character/Bi’ographying, Vbl. N.: On Einstein/Mathematician Andrew Wiles Appointed to the Board of the Institute for Advanced Study/Ashvin Chhabra Appointed Chief Investment Officer/ Leaving a Legacy/The Generosity of Friends/Paul Moravec Introduces Tradition Redefined, Concert Series Renamed to Honor Edward T. Cone/Concerts at the Institute for Advanced Study
Fall 2007 Insert Special Insert: Faculty Photo Gallery and Faculty and Member Listing 2007-2008

 

 

Academic Year 2006-2007

Spring 2007 Political Theorist Danielle Allen Joins the School of Social Science/Institute Announces Appointment of Paul Moravec as Artist-in-Residence/Algebraic Geometry: The Interface with and Influence of Physics/Pursuit of Genius: A Review by Freeman Dyson/Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi: Director's Visitor/The "Third World" Now/The Sense of the Past Among Inner Asian Peoples/Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of Its Enemies/Jon Magnussen: Artist-in-Residence, 2000=2007/ Experiencing a World with No Equivalence/T.S. Eliot at the Institute for Advanced Study/Art and Science: Projects of the Creative Imagination/The Mathematical Infinity/The Difficult Task of Erasing Oneself/The Sensuous in Art/Unrestricted Support: Critical to the Intellectual Life of the Institute/E.A. Lowe and Virginia Brown: Palaeographers "Concerned with Trifles"/Crossroads at IAS: Celebrating Sixty Years
Spring 2007 Insert Special Insert: James Wolfensohn Retires as Chairman of Institute Board after Twenty-one Years of Leadership
Winter 2007 The Institute Woods: Protection Against the Noise and Bustle/Oswald Veblen and the Institute Woods/Veblen: A Natural Administrator and Leader/Clifford Geertz: August 23, 1926 - October 30, 2006/Remembering Clifford Geertz/Of Historical Note/Charles Simonyi in Space/The World's Largest Experiment/Cover-Up: French Gender Equality and the Islamic Headscarf/Banning Headscarves in Bulgarian Schools/An Alternative to Comparative Advantage/Spinoza and the Origins of Modern Thought/Public Policy Lecture/Friends News/The Gödelian Challenge/Director's Visitor: Tom Phillips/Modern Art and Kirk Varnadoe's Books/Kirk Varnadoe's Pictures of Nothing/Book Donations at the Institute: A History of Generosity
Fall 2006 Analyzing Type A Influenza Virus/The Simons Center for Systems Biology: Finding Signals in the Noise/Glen Bowersock Retires/Astrophysicist Scott Tremaine joins Institute Faculty/Biology at the Institute/Institute Hosts Kurt Gödel Centenary Program/Petronio Fellowship Fund Created at the Institute/Three New Trustees Appointed to Institute Board (Bjorklund, Hollinger, Langenscheidt)/Making a Gift of Real Estate/Major Bequest from Former Member Willis Doney/Hellenization and Islamization: Cultural Strategies in the Wake of Imperial Expansion/Immanuel Kohn Retires from Board/Program for Women and Mathematics/On Music and Economics: A Conversation between Jon Magnussen and Eric Maskin
Fall 2006 Insert Special Insert: Faculty Photo Gallery and Faculty and Member Listing 2006-2007

 

 

Academic Year 2005-2006

Spring 2006 Kurt Gödel Centennial/Institute Receives Major Gifts From Trustees (Charles Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences & The Simons Foundation)/Allen I. Rowe And Rachel D. Gray Retire from the Institute/Avishai Margalit Appointed to Kennan Chair/Support For Members/School of Social Science Celebratory Events for the Institute’s 75th Anniversary/ David Rubenstein Elected to Institute Board of Trustees/$2 Million Pledge From Nancy and Duncan MacMillan/Planned Giving to the Institute/Institute For Advanced Study Concert Series This Spring/Lectures at the Institute/Marshall Clagett
Fall 2005 Institute for Advanced Study Celebrates Founders Day and Einstein/ Pierre Deligne 61st Birthday Conference (School of Mathematics)/75th Anniversary Celebrations: School of Natural Sciences/Prospects in Theoretical Physics/Program for Women and Mathematics/Felix Gilbert Membership/Institute Concert Series (Fred Hersch)/ Martin Rees Einstein Lecture/Director’s Visitor Tom Phillips/New Member Reception/ PhysicsQuest/John N. Bahcall (1934-2005)/ New Sculpture by Elyn Zimmerman, Robert B. Menschel (Cover)
Fall 2005 Insert Special Insert: Faculty Photo Gallery and Faculty and Member Listing 2005-2006

 

 

Academic Year 2004-2005

Spring 2005 Institute for Advanced Study 75th Anniversary/ Faculty Appointment: Yve-Alain Bois (School of Historical Studies)/ Albert Einstein 1905: Annus Mirabilis/ Upcoming Programs: Program for Women in Mathematics; Prospects in Theoretical Physics; IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute/ 75th Anniversary Celebratory Events: School of Mathematics; School of Historical Studies/ 25th Anniversary of the Friends of the Institute/ Gift from S.S. Chern Foundation/ George F. Kennan (1904-2005)/ Founders and First Board of Trustees (Cover)
Fall 2004 Arnold Levine Appointment (School of Natural Sciences)/Robert MacPherson 60th Birthday Conference (School of Mathematics)/NSF Grant to IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute/Prospects in Theoretical Physics/School of Historical Studies: Petra Exhibit/New Trustees: J.P. Bezos, R. W. Ferguson, P.L. Galison, M. Rees, P. Svennilson/ Former Member Shiing-Shen Chern wins Shaw Prize/ Philip Glass/ Former Member Brian Greene /Herman H. Goldstine (1913-2004)/Joseph L. Doob (1910-2004)/ Eric Maskin (School of Social Science) & Polling (Cover)
Fall 2004 Insert Special Insert: Faculty Photo Gallery and Faculty and Member Listing 2004-2005

 

 

Academic Year 2003-2004

Spring 2004 J. Robert Oppenheimer Centennial/School of Natural Sciences Then & Now/ George F. Kennan at 100/Remembering Albert Einstein: Furniture to Historical Society of Princeton/Former Member Stephen V. Tracy (School of Historical Studies) & Epigraphs (Squeezes)/ Academy & the Internet (School of Social Science, Cover)
Winter 2004 Faculty Appointment: Peter Goldreich (School of Natural Sciences)/Peter Goddard settles in as Institute Director/NSF support for Computational Complexity (School of Mathematics, A. Wigderson)/Center for Systems Biology/IAS Park City Mathematics Institute/New Trustees: A. Strominger, S.White/ George F. Kennan, The Long Telegram (School of Historical Studies, Cover)
Fall 2003 John von Neumann Centennial/IAS Electronic Computer Project/IAS Park City Mathematics Institute/Prospects in Theoretical Physics/Artist-in-Residence Program/Armand Borel (1923-2003)/Kirk Varnedoe (1946-2003)/Epigraphs (School of Historical Studies, Cover)

 

 

Academic Year 2002-2003

Summer 2003 Faculty appointments: C.W. Bynum (School of Historical Studies), N. Di Cosmo (School of Historical Studies), P.A. Griffiths (School of Mathematics)/Program for Women in Mathematics/School of Social Science Focus on Ethics/AMIAS Lecture: von Neumann by G.Dyson/BIG IDEAS/ Harry Woolf (1923-2003)/Frank Taplin (1915-2003)/Leon Levy (1925-2003)/ Neutron Stars on Fire (School of Natural Sciences, Cover)
June 2003 Special Summer 2003 Insert: Peter Goddard Appointed Eighth Director of the Institute for Advanced Study
Winterl 2003 Faculty Appointments: V. Voevodsky (School of Mathematics), J. Maldacena (School of Natural Sciences)/V. Voevodsky wins Fields Medal/P. A. Griffiths to step down as IAS Director/Program for Women in Mathematics/Prospects in Theoretical Physics/IAS Park City Mathematics Institute/NSF grant to School of Mathematics/Mellon Foundation grant to IAS/New Trustees: F.H. Cardoso, N. Peretsman, R. Connor/ Oppenheimer & von Neumann (Cover)

 

 

Academic Year 2000-2001

Late Winter 2001 Faculty Appointments: J. Cutileiro (School of Historical Studies), K. Varnedoe (School of Historical Studies)/September 11 observance /Program for Women in Mathematics/Creativity Symposium (School of Historical Studies)/New Trustees: J.H. D’Arms, N.S. MacMillan, E.J.Nicoll, Simons/Voyage Around India (School of Historical Studies, O. Grabar)/School of Social Science-Information Technologies/Artist-in-Residence/Member Detlef R. Nolte (1970-2001)/ Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (School of Natural Sciences, Cover)
Winter 2001 School of Social Science-Information Technology/Faculty Appointment: J. Israel (School of Historical Studies)/New Trustee: K. P. Li/Sefrou Conference honors C. Geertz (School of Social Science)/Albert O. Hirschman Chair in Economics (School of Social Science)/IAS Concert Series/Simonyi Hall Dedication/Henry Luce Foundation grant to IAS Park City Mathematics Institute/ Computational Complexity (School of Mathematics, Cover)
Summer 2000 Stephen L. Adler (School of Mathematics) 60th birthday Conference: Symmetry Lost and Found/ Faculty Appointment: Eric S. Maskin (School of Social Science)/Robert Langlands: The Practice of Mathematics/ Keck Explorations in Theoretical Astrophysics/Former Member Profile: Quentin Skinner/ Biology Symposia, Martin Nowak/Homer Thompson (1906-2000)/ Wall mosaic (Cover)

 

 

Academic Year 1998-1999

Spring 1999 Sloan Digital Sky Survey (School of Natural Sciences/Faculty Appointment: H. von Staden (School of Historical Studies)/School of Social Science publishes Occasional Papers/IAS Park City Mathematics Institute/New Trustees: M. Draghi, M. Rees/Profiles: Albert O. Hirschman, André Weil/IAS trip to Middle East (G. Bowersock, School of Historical Studies)/Tony Smith sculpture/IAS Concert Series/ Tycho Brahé illustration (Libraries, Cover)
Winter 1999 Visual Dimensions of Chinese Culture (School of Historical Studies)/Faculty Appointment: A.Wigderson (School of Mathematics)/New Trustees: G. Wright, M. v.N. Whitman/Artist-in-Residence/Institute Lands Preserved/ Elephant illustration (Gest Library,

 

 

Academic Year 1997-1998

Spring 1998 Excerpts from Founding Director Abraham Flexner’s “Usefulness of Useless Knowledge”/ Profile: Distinguished Visiting Professor K. Uhlenbeck (School of Mathematics)/AMIAS/Former Member Profile: Sir Robert McCredie May (School of Natural Sciences)/ Planned Giving/ J. Richardson Dilworth (1916-1997)/ Fuld Hall Cornerstone Photo (Libraries, Cover)
Fall 1997 Math & Finance Conference/Bloomberg Gift to IAS/AMIAS/Friends/IAS Park City Mathematics Institute/The Dance of Mathematics and Physics/Crossroads at 50/Oppenheimer & Einstein (Libraries, Cover)

 

 

Academic Year 1996-1997

Winter 1997 Faculty Appointments: N. Seiberg (School of Natural Sciences), P. Crone (School of Historical Studies)/Artist-in-Residence Robert Taub/Preservation of the Institute Lands/1996 Prize for East European Scholars/Keck Program/Membership Funding from M. Chooljian, A. Gund/J. Seward Johnson Sr. Charitable Trusts/ Institute Woods (Cover)

 

 

Academic Year 1995-1996

Winter 1996 Peter Schafer: Magic and Messianism (School of Historical Studies)/ G.F. Kennan Chair & Jack F. Matlock Jr./Wolf Prize to R. Langlands and A. Wiles/Profile: Albert O. Hirschman/ IAS Park City Mathematics Institute/Trustee Harold Petersen / Supplement: Giving Opportunities/ Message from P. Griffiths, IAS Director (Cover)

 

 

 

Attributions (All files are in PDF format)

2005 - Issue One
Feature Story: James D. Wolfensohn: A Leader in All Ways
Eric S. Maskin, Albert O. Hirschman Professor
Walter F. Keleher Bequest
AMIAS at 30

 

2004 - Issue One
Feature Story: Richard B. Black: Insightful Leadership
John Bahcall/Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Bequests: Schoenfeld bequest
Member Support: Martin Chooljian, Immanuel Kohn, Edward Cone
George F. Kennan Symposium

 

2003 - Issue Three
Feature Story: Martin Leibowitz: Taking the Long-term View
Planned Giving: Phillip A. Griffiths
Nicola Di Cosmo/East Asian Studies
John Von Neumann plaque

 

2003 - Issue Two
Feature Story: Vartan Gregorian: Inspiration to Excellence
Patsy Labalme

 

2003 - Issue One
Feature Story: Nancy S. and Duncan L. MacMillan: Leading by Example
Avi Wigderson
Petronios/Charitable Remainder Trust
Frank and Peggy Taplin
BIG IDEAS Dinner

 

2002 - Issue One
Feature Story: Institute Dedicates Bloomberg Hall
Doris and Ralph Hansmann

 

2001 - Issue One
Feature Story: What Makes Computers So Sticky?
Edward Witten
William Loughlin
Anna Stafford Henriques