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Eben Kirksey, American anthropologist and Member (2019–20) in the School of Social Science, takes a deep dive into the gene editing revolution in his newly released book, The Mutant Project (St. Martin’s Press, 2020).

Whose values are guiding...

Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor in the School of Social Science, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) as one of 100 new members for 2020.

The selection committee cites Nelson “for making pioneering contributions...

The World of Thinking will make its U.S. premiere on Sunday, October 18, 2020 during the thirteenth annual Imagine Science Film Festival, presented by Pioneer Works. After the screening, IAS Professor Nima Arkani-Hamed, who stars in the film, joins...

Alan Alda, host of the new weekly podcast Science Clear+Vivid, welcomed IAS Director and Leon Levy Professor Robbert Dijkgraaf as his first featured guest. The episode, “Opening Doors to the Unknown,” provides a glimpse of the Institute for Advanced...

“The most spectacular element of the Penrose calculations is that he showed that if you are close enough to a black hole, time ends. It is the mirror image of the Big Bang.”

—Robbert Dijkgraaf, IAS Director and Leon Levy Professor (Wall Street...