Press Releases

Richard Taylor has been appointed to the Faculty of the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, with effect from January 1, 2012. Taylor comes to the Institute from Harvard University, where he is the Herchel Smith Professor of Mathematics.

Lead Gifts from the Simons Foundation and the Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences Launch $200 Million Campaign

The Institute for Advanced Study, one of the world’s leading centers for theoretical research into fundamental aspects of the sciences and humanities, has received a $100 million unrestricted challenge grant from the Simons Foundation and the Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences.This donation, which is the largest since the founders’ gift establishing the Institute in 1930, will serve as the basis for a $200 million campaign to strengthen the Institute’s endowment.

The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed Cynthia Carroll and Carmela Vircillo Franklin to its Board of Trustees. Carroll, whose appointment was effective May 7, is Chief Executive of Anglo American plc in London, England. Franklin has been nominated by the Institute’s School of Historical Studies and her term will begin on July 1. She is Professor of Classics at Columbia University and will succeed David Hollinger, Preston Hotchkis Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, who served a five-year term.

Eric Maskin, Albert O. Hirschman Professor in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, will give a lecture on “Elections and Strategic Voting” on Friday, May 6, at 5:30 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall on the Institute campus.