Awards

Puragra Guhathakurta, Member (1989–92) in the School of Natural Sciences, and Ellen Zweibel, Member (1977–78) in the School, have been named 2021 fellows of the American Astronomical Society (AAS).

Guhathakurta is recognized for "seminal...

Francesca Trivellato, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the School of Historical Studies, has been awarded the 2020 Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History for The Promise and Peril of Credit: What a Forgotten Legend about Jews and Finance Tells Us...

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) has announced the recipients of its 2021 prizes for outstanding achievements in research and education, among them several current and former scholars in the IAS School of Natural Sciences.

Richard Black...

Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor in the School of Social Science, has been awarded the 2020 Morison Prize in Science, Technology, and Society.

Conferred by MIT, the award recognizes outstanding individuals who combine humanistic values with...

Dor Yosef Minzer, Member in the School of Mathematics, has been awarded the 2019 Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Association for Computing Machinery.

The honor recognizes Minzer’s dissertation “On Monotonicity Testing and the 2-to-2-Games...

James C. Scott, Member (1986–87) in the School of Social Science, has been awarded the 2020 Albert O. Hirshman Prize.

Conferred by the Social Science Research Council, an independent international nonprofit institution headed by Harold F. Linder...

The 2020 Shaw Prize in Astronomy has been awarded to Roger Blandford, Member (1974–75, 1998) in the School of Natural Sciences. Blandford is recognized “for his foundational contributions to theoretical astrophysics, especially concerning the...

Angelos Chaniotis, Professor of Ancient History and Classics in the School of Historical Studies, has been elected member of the Greek Council of Higher Education.

The five-member board is the highest authority for quality control, evaluation, and...

Arts of Allusion: Object, Ornament, and Architecture in Medieval Islam (Oxford University Press, 2018) by Margaret Graves, Member (2015–16) in the School of Historical Studies, has been awarded the 2019 ICMA Annual Book Prize.

Conferred by the...

Helmut Hofer, Hermann Weyl Professor in the School of Mathematics, Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor in the School of Social Science, and James Stone, Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, have been elected to the American Academy of...