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The Institute for Advanced Study has elected Spiro J. Latsis, president of the Latsis Group, to its Board of Trustees, effective October 25, 2008. 

Dr. Latsis completed his secondary education at Athens College in Greece and earned a B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. at the London School of Economics, where he later served as a Research Assistant and Instructor.  He was a Visiting Professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and at Boston University, where he taught courses in economics and in the methodology of social science.

Albert Einstein is credited with the warning: "Beware of rotten compromises." Avishai Margalit, George F. Kennan Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, will attempt to explain and support this principle in his talk, Compromises and Rotten Compromises.  The lecture will take place on Wednesday, November 19, at 4:30 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall on the Institute's campus.

Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, will speak on "Human Rights Challenges in the Next Decade" at the Institute for Advanced Study on Monday, October 27, at 4:30 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall on the campus of the Institute.

The Institute for Advanced Study has established a Professorship in its School of Social Science in honor of James D. Wolfensohn, Chairman of the Board of Trustees from 1986 to 2007.  The James D. Wolfensohn Professorship in Social Science was funded by donations from Institute Trustees and Faculty as well as Mr. Wolfensohn's colleagues and friends to acknowledge his 21 years of distinguished service to the institution.