On March 13, 2018, Joan Wallach
Scott, Professor Emerita in the School of Social Science, was
named a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur of France, the country's
highest decoration, in a ceremony held at the Cultural Services of
the French Embassy...
The Onassis Cultural Center New York has won the Global Fine Art
Awards’ 2017 Youniversal Award, the audience award determined by
popular vote. The exhibition A World of Emotions: Ancient
Greece, 700 B.C.—200 A.D., co-curated by Angelos
Chaniotis...
Lillian Pierce, current von Neumann Fellow in the School of Mathematics, has received a 2018 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The two-year fellowship is awarded annually to 126 early-career researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.
Lorraine Daston, Institute Trustee and Director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, has been awarded the international Dan David Prize, which recognizes innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms.
The American Astronomical Society awarded former Members in the School of Natural Sciences with prestigious prizes for outstanding achievements in scientific research, instrument development, and writing.
Hugh Gusterson, Member
(2014–15) in the School of Social Science, received the 2017 Roy C. Palmer Civil Liberties Prize, which
honors a work of scholarship exploring the tension between civil
liberties and national security in contemporary American...
