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Albert O. Hirschman, professor emeritus in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, has been selected as winner of the American Political Science Association’s 2003 Benjamin E. Lippincott Award for The Passions and the Interests: Political Arguments for Capitalism Before Its Triumph (Princeton University Press, 1977).

Pianist Robert Taub will perform on July 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the new St. Mary’s Church, Highway 224 and White Pine Canyon Road in Park City.

Taub’s program will include works by Chopin, Liszt, and Beethoven.

An internationally acclaimed leader in the new generation of virtuoso pianists, Taub has performed throughout Europe, the United States, the Far East, and Latin America. His repertoire in recital and with leading orchestras embraces music from the Classical era to the present, and he has collaborated with several American composers to create their music.

Over 60 women mathematicians from across the country will gather on the campus of the Institute for Advanced Study for a 10-day residential Program for Women in Mathematics. The program, which is co-sponsored with Princeton University, extends from May 12-22. It includes undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral scholars and senior researchers. Now celebrating its 10th year, the program emphasizes mathematics learning and research, mentoring, peer relations, and an introduction to career opportunities.

Public interest in leading-edge intellectual ideas often leads journalists and documentary filmmakers to the Institute for Advanced Study. For the greater part of the 20th century, the Institute has been the intellectual home of some of the world’s most brilliant scholars - a community where intellectual inquiry and theoretical research is pursued in an environment of excellence.