2010 Class of Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members Announced The Academy announced today the election of leaders in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector. The 211 new Fellows and 19 Foreign Honorary Members include scholars; scientists; jurists; writers; artists; and civic, corporate, and philanthropic leaders. They represent more than 100 institutions from 26 states and 10 countries. The new class will be inducted at a ceremony on October 9, 2010, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Click here (http://www.amacad.org/news/a2z10.pdf) to view an alphabetized list of the newly elected Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members, with their affiliations at the time of election; Click here (http://www.amacad.org/news/c10.pdf) to view the list by class and section. Memorial Service for Carl Kaysen The Academy mourns the loss of longtime Fellow, Carl Kaysen, cochair of the Committee on International Security Studies, who died on February 8. A commemoration of his life will be held on May 22, 2010, beginning at 3 p.m. at the House of the Academy. If you would like to attend, please contact Amy Stewart at 617-576-5032 or mailto:astewart@amacad.org. New and Forthcoming Publications U.S. Policy Toward Russia, edited by Robert Legvold (Columbia University), in collaboration with the Davis Center, Harvard University, and the Harriman Institute, Columbia University; American Academy, Spring 2010 Science and the Media, edited by Donald Kennedy and Geneva Overholser; American Academy, Spring 2010 Daedalus The spring issue on The Future of News, guest edited by Loren Ghiglione (Northwestern University), mails this week. Bulletin The spring issue includes recent talks by Roger Ferguson, Jr., Thomas Graham, Rajat Gupta, Robert Legvold, Greil Marcus, Peter Nicholas, Peter Peterson, and Werner Sollors, and will be mailed in May.

In Memoriam February–March 2010

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April–May 2010 Events:

• Thursday, April 22, 2010
  Congressional Briefing – Washington, DC
  The Global Nuclear Future
  Speakers: Thomas Isaacs, Consulting Professor at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, and Director of the Office of Planning and Special Studies at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Steven Miller, Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Robert Rosner, Professor, Departments of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, University of Chicago; Scott Sagan, Professor of Political Science, Codirector of the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University.

• Thursday, April 29, 2010
  Meeting – Cambridge
  The Challenges to Nuclear Energy in the Arab World
  Introduction: Steven Miller, Director, International Security Program, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School
  Speaker: Hamad Al Kaabi, Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, United Arab Emirates

• Tuesday, May 4, 2010
  Founders Day: A Celebration of the Academy?s 230th Anniversary
  Reflections on the Founding Period
  Speaker: Jack Rakove, W.R. Coe Professor of History and American Studies and Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
  Performance of 18th and 19th Century Music
  Performers: Edward Arron, cello; Ronald Arron, viola; Jennifer Frautschi, violin; Jeewon Park, piano

• Wednesday, May 12, 2010
  Stated Meeting – Cambridge
  Advances in Brain Science: Implications for Therapy
  Moderator: Emilio Bizzi, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Speakers: Robert Desimone, Director, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Edward Scolnick, Director, Psychiatric Disease Program and the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute

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