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Two Members from the School of Social Science, Heba Gowayed (2022–23) and Peniel Emmaus Joseph (2025–26), have been named to the 2025 Class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. This year's fellows will conduct research "that seeks to understand how and why our society has become so polarized and how we can strengthen the forces of cohesion to fortify our democracy."

At a ceremony held in Istanbul on April 10, 2025, Wendy Brown, UPS Foundation Professor in the School of Social Science, was presented with a Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award for her contributions to scholarship on the theme of "Realigning Values in a Transforming World Order: What needs preserving, reevaluating, and redefining?"

Three past IAS scholars representing the Schools of Mathematics and Natural Sciences have been named among the 2025 Breakthrough Prize laureates: Dennis Gaitsgory, John Pardon, and Gerard 't Hooft. Popularly known as "the Oscars of Science," the Breakthrough Prize honors scholars who are "driving remarkable discoveries" in their fields.

Nine past and incoming scholars across three IAS Schools—Historical Studies, Mathematics, and Social Science—have received 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships. The scholars were recognized for "both prior career achievement and exceptional promise" in fields ranging from classical archaeology and U.S. history to graph theory and combinatorics.