Sharon Gerstel, Member (2010-11) in the School of Historical Studies, has been awarded the Maria Theocharis Prize by the Christian Archaeological Society in Greece.
Professor Sabine Schmidtke and Institute Trustees Lorraine Daston and Benedict Gross are among those newly elected. Other elected members include David Hollinger, former Institute Trustee and Member (1977–78, 1999) in the School of Historical Studies.
John Pardon, current Visitor
in the School of Mathematics and Professor at Princeton University,
has received the National Science Foundation Alan T. Waterman Award, the nation's highest
honor for early career scientists and engineers under the
age...
Narayana Murthy, Institute Trustee, entrepreneur, and visionary
leader, has been awarded the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in
Global Innovation, a distinction that is among the University of
Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at...
In this video, Edward Witten,
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Laureate (2012) and
Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of Natural Sciences,
discusses string theory and the need in physics to reconcile
quantum theory, used for small...
Sharon Gerstel, former Member (2010-11) in the School of Historical Studies, has been awarded the 2016 inaugural book prize of the International Center.
In this video from the 2017 Breakthrough Prize Symposium,
Jean Bourgain, IBM von Neumann
Professor in the School of Mathematics and 2017 Breakthrough Prize
in Mathematics Laureate, discusses unity in mathematics through an
explanation of the...
Jonathan Israel, Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical Studies, has been awarded the 2017 Comenius Prize by the Foundation of the Comenius Museum in the Netherlands.
The Mathematical Association of America has honored Robert D. Hough, Member
(2015–16) in the School of Mathematics, with the David P. Robbins
Prize, for novel research in algebra and combinatorics. His paper,
“Solution of minimum modulus for...
