Awards

James G. Arthur, Member in the School of Mathematics (1976–77, Spring 1984, 1994–95, 2000–2002) and Institute Trustee (1997–2007), will receive the 2017 AMS Leroy P. Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement "for his fundamental contributions to number...

Chenyang Xu, Member (2014, 2008) in the School of Mathematics, has been awarded the 2016 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries in recognition of his outstanding works in algebraic geometry, notably in the area of...

The Institute for Advanced Study, one of the world’s foremost centers for curiosity-driven basic research, will be recognized by the American Physical Society (APS) and the European Physical Society (EPS) as their first Joint Historic Physics Site...

The Association for Slavic Studies, East European, and Eurasian Studies and the Stanford University Center for Russian and East European Studies, have honored Michael Kunichika, Member (2015–16) in the School of Historical Studies, with the...

The University of Wisconsin Law School has awarded its 2016 Association for Women Lawyer's Award for Mentoring Excellence to Elizabeth Mertz, Visitor in the School of Social Science.

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The American Historical Association has awarded the 2016 George Louis Beer Prize to Vanessa Ogle, Member (2013–14) in the School of Social Science, for her book The Global Transformation of Time, 1870–1950 (Harvard University Press, 2015), which she...

Institute Trustee Eric Schmidt will receive one of Princeton University's top honors for alumni, the Woodrow Wilson Award, and deliver an address on Saturday, February 25. The University bestows the Woodrow Wilson Award annually upon an...

James D. Wolfensohn, Chair Emeritus of the Institute’s Board of Trustees and its longest-serving Chair from 1986–2007, will receive the National Committee on American Foreign Policy’s (NCAFP) George F. Kennan Award for Public Service for his...

Quantum physicist Carl M. Bender, Member (1969–70) in the School of Natural Sciences, has been awarded the 2017 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, one of the highest distinctions available to scientific investigators in that field. In...

A trio of British-born researchers working in the U.S. won the Nobel Prize in Physics Tuesday for what one of them called a curious mathematical “toy” that to his surprise revolutionized the study of exotic matter suitable for quantum computers, new superconductors, and advanced designer materials.