Ken Ono, Member in the School of Mathematics (1995–97), reflects on how his father came to the U.S. from Japan after World War II at the invitation of André Weil, Professor in the School (1996–2001), and returned to IAS several times as a Member. Ono recalls the poetry of coming back to a scholarly community that feels like an extended family.
Institute Instances is a collection of 1–2 minute video snapshots of scholars, administrators, and visitors to the Institute for Advanced Study answering a question (or two) about their work at IAS. Viewed individually, these clips allow audiences to get to know the people who are, in the words of founding IAS Director Abraham Flexner, "pushing beyond the present limits of human knowledge" through advancements in science and the humanities. Taken together, these "instances" of Institute life are designed to show how everyone can play a role in actualizing discovery, and to celebrate a community devoted to excellence in scholarship.