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The 2021–22 Edward T. Cone Concert Series, curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, will provide an exploration of mastery, meaning, and experience, complemented by immersive post-performance talks connected by the overarching theme...

Winners of the 10th annual Breakthrough Prizes were announced today, including current Veblen Research Instructor Sarah Peluse (2022 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize) and past Members Takuro Mochizuki (2022 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics) and Hong Wang (2022 MMNFP).

Visitors navigating the Institute for Advanced Study for the first time may be surprised to find themselves lingering on Einstein Drive or driving through Veblen Circle. There are scholars in the streets of the Institute for Advanced Study. These roads serve as an important reminder of the historic scholars that paved a way for the groundbreaking research that happens today on the Institute campus.

Roman Rafikov of the School of Natural Sciences, visiting from the University of Cambridge, with co-author Kedron Silsbee of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, has brought this Hollywood scene several steps closer to reality, producing the most realistic model to date of planet formation in binary star systems.

Camillo De Lellis, IBM von Neumann Professor in the School of Mathematics, has been awarded the Antonio Feltrinelli Prize for Mathematics, Mechanics and Applications. Additionally, Elia Bruè, current Member in the School, has been awarded the academy's Gioacchino Iapichino Prize.

Emmy Murphy, Visitor and recent von Neumann Fellow in the School of Mathematics, has been awarded the MCA Prize by the Mathematical Council of the Americas.

Watch Murphy's citation, given by Helmut Hofer, Hermann Weyl Professor in the School, in...

Didier Fassin, James D. Wolfensohn Professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, brings the policing crisis into stunning focus in his new book Death of a Traveller: A Counter Investigation, recently translated from French by Rachel Gomme.

The Spektrum-Roentgen-Gamma (SRG) orbital X-ray observatory and its associated institutions and industrial partners received the 2021 Marcel Grossmann Institutional Award. The international collaboration is cited for the following achievements:

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Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor in the School of Social Science, sat down with WIRED magazine to discuss her work for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Robbert Dijkgraaf, IAS Director and Leon Levy Professor, brings a wealth of experience to the Simons Foundation’s board of directors through his continued leadership at IAS and as a global communicator and influencer of science policy.