The Academy holds virtual events as well as in-person events around the country and the world that bring members, representatives of the Affiliates, and others together to explore topics of national and global concern.
*Activity of a Local Committee
In-Person and Hybrid Meetings
California
March 9, 2025
California Science Center, Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Members’ Reception: Science and Creativity*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Andrea M. Ghez (University of California, Los Angeles); Kip S. Thorne (California Institute of Technology); Risa H. Wechsler (Stanford University); MODERATOR: Thomas F. Rosenbaum (California Institute of Technology); INTRODUCTION: Cynthia M. Friend (Kavli Foundation)
April 24, 2025
La Jolla, CA
San Diego Members’ Reception*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Goodwin Liu (Supreme Court of California); Margaret McKeown (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)
May 5, 2025
University of California, Berkeley
Meeting of the Berkeley Committee*
May 6, 2025
Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA
What Is America’s Role in the World Now?*
A Morton L. Mandel Conversation
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Condoleezza Rice (Stanford University); Scott D. Sagan (Stanford University)
May 29, 2025
University of California, San Diego
Meeting of the San Diego Committee*
November 10, 2025
University of California, Berkeley
Generative AI Is Terrific, But Is It Really Legal?*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Jennifer Tour Chayes (University of California, Berkeley); Abhishek Nagaraj (Berkeley Haas School of Business); Pamela Samuelson (UC Berkeley School of Law); INTRODUCTION: Goodwin Liu (Supreme Court of California)
November 16, 2025
Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Committee Dinner*
Colorado
June 2–5, 2025
Aspen, CO
Higher Education Forum, 2025
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Kevin Bae (CIA); Bonita J. Brown (Winston-Salem State University); Monique Chism (Smithsonian); Danielle K. Citron (University of Virginia); Michael Collins (Jobs for the Future); Meagan Ehlenz (Arizona State University); Wesley Kent Fuchs (University of Florida); Elizabeth L. Hillman (9/11 Memorial & Museum); Jonathan Scott Holloway (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey); Jamie Lewis Keith (EducationCounsel); Robert Kelchen (University of Tennessee, Knoxville); Harrison Keller (University of North Texas); Jaron Lanier (Microsoft Corporation); Timothy G. Lynch (University of Michigan); M. Elizabeth Magill (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School); Kimberly McCorkle (East Tennessee State University); Kelly McManus (Arnold Ventures); Edward Mienie (University of North Georgia); Marie Lynn Miranda (University of Illinois Chicago); Ted Mitchell (American Council on Education); Na’ilah Suad Nasir (Spencer Foundation); Kelly Otter (Georgetown University); Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences); Laura Perna (University of Pennsylvania); Skye Perryman (Democracy Forward Foundation); David Provost (Middlebury College); Judith Scott-Clayton (Columbia University); Katie Shilton (University of Maryland); Suzanne Spaulding (Center for Strategic and International Studies); Nancy Thomas (Association of American Colleges and Universities); Holden Thorp (American Association for the Advancement of Science); Bill Tucker (Gates Foundation); Raj Vinnakota (Institute for Citizens & Scholars); Lee Andrew Weiss (Kaplan North America); Charles L. Welch (American Association of State Colleges and Universities); Daria J. Willis (Howard Community College); Jason Wingard (Education Board, Inc.)
Connecticut
December 3, 2025
Yale University, New Haven, CT
New Haven Members’ Reception*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Kerwin Charles (Yale School of Management); Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
District of Columbia
January 29, 2025
National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., Members’ Reception*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences); Kim Sajet (National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian)
Georgia
February 26, 2025
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Area Members’ Reception and Dinner
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Goodwin Liu (Supreme Court of California); Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
Illinois
March 30, 2025
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Chicago Reception and Discussion: Cultural Spaces and Their Communities*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Leah Dickerman (Museum of Modern Art); Oskar Eustis (The Public Theater); MODERATOR: Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
October 27, 2025
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, IL
Chicago Members’ Dinner*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: John W. Rogers, Jr. (Ariel Investments); Teresa K. Woodruff (Michigan State University)
Massachusetts
February 10, 2025
House of the Academy, Cambridge, MA
Cambridge Members’ Reception
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Sally Kornbluth (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
April 17, 2025
House of the Academy, Cambridge, MA and Virtual
Honoring Anthony S. Fauci, M.D.
FEATURED SPEAKER: Anthony S. Fauci (Georgetown University); MODERATOR: Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
April 24, April 29, May 13, May 14, and June 10, 2025
House of the Academy, Cambridge, MA
Local Member Lunches
May 1, 2025
House of the Academy, Cambridge, MA
Honoring Victor Seow with the Sarton Prize for the History of Science
FEATURED SPEAKER: Victor Seow (Harvard University)
Induction 2025
Induction Weekend 2025 began with an Opening Celebration on Friday evening featuring the announcement of the new Legacy Recognition Honorees with a special message from John Legend, followed by the Annual David M. Rubenstein Conversation with director, producer, and actor Kenny Leon, a Tony Award–winning new member.
The New Member Welcome Program on Saturday morning offered a breakfast reception for new members to meet one another, brief presentations by Academy leaders, and small group conversations spanning disciplines and institutions.
At the afternoon Induction Ceremony in Sanders Theatre, new members learned about the traditions of membership, heard a featured speaker from each class, and signed the Book of Members. Following the ceremony, members and guests enjoyed a celebratory reception.
On Sunday morning, members and guests gathered at the House of the Academy for a closing event that featured a presentation by new member David Dunning about the psychology of over-confidence, followed by a conversation with Academy President Laurie L. Patton.
Below: Members and guests enjoy Induction Weekend in Cambridge, MA, October 10–12, 2025. Photos by Martha Stewart Photography and Michael DeStefano.
October 10, 2025
Cambridge, MA
2025 Induction Opening Celebration
Legacy Recognition Program Announcement and Annual David M. Rubenstein Conversation
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Nancy C. Andrews (Boston Children’s Hospital); Juan Enriquez (Excel Venture Management); John Legend (Singer, Songwriter); Kenny Leon (Roundabout Theatre Company; True Colors Theatre Company); Shirley Malcom (American Association for the Advancement of Science); David M. Rubenstein (The Carlyle Group); Robert Warrior (University of Kansas)
October 11, 2025
Cambridge, MA
2025 Induction Ceremony
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Christine E. Brennan (USA Today); Ashish Jha (Brown University); Gregory H. Robinson (University of Georgia); Brian D. Uzzi (Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management); Jacqueline Woodson (Writer; Baldwin for the Arts)
October 12, 2025
House of the Academy, Cambridge, MA
2025 Induction Closing Program: Why Do Fools Think They Are Wise? Should the Wise Believe Themselves to be the Fool?
FEATURED SPEAKER: David A. Dunning (University of Michigan); MODERATOR: Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
December 10, 2025
House of the Academy, Cambridge, MA
Winter Concert: An Evening with Richard Kogan
FEATURED SPEAKER: Richard Kogan (Weill Cornell Medical College)
Michigan
October 22, 2025
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan Members’ Reception
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Arthur Lupia (University of Michigan); Laurie McCauley (University of Michigan); Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
Minnesota
October 29, 2025
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis Members’ Reception
New York
February 5, 2025
New York, NY
The World in 2025*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Kwame Anthony Appiah (New York University); Michael Froman (Council on Foreign Relations) Adam Tooze (Columbia University); MODERATOR: Anne-Marie Slaughter (New America)
May 20, 2025
New York, NY
A New York Reception to Welcome Newly Elected Members*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: David Henry Hwang (Columbia University); Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
North Carolina
January 28, 2025
Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Research Triangle Park, NC
Research Triangle Members’ Reception*
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Judith Ernst (Ceramic Artist); Jaki Shelton Green (Poet Laureate of North Carolina); Louis J. Muglia (Burroughs Wellcome Fund); Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
Washington
May 12, 2025
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Seattle Members’ Dinner*
FEATURED SPEAKER: David Baker (University of Washington)
Virtual Meetings
February 6, 2025
Public Trust in Science Roundtable: Misinformation
MODERATOR: Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
February 20, 2025
What Are the Impacts of Proposed Cuts to Federal Funding for Science?
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Nancy C. Andrews (Boston Children’s Hospital); Paul Clement (Clement & Murphy); William Tate (Louisiana State University); Maria Zuber (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MODERATOR: Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
March 10, 2025
Public Trust in Science Roundtable: Climate Change
MODERATOR: Cristián Samper (Bezos Earth Fund)
March 14, 2025
Constitutional Crisis: What Is It and Are We In One?
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Thomas B. Griffith (Brigham Young University); Vanita Gupta (New York University); Janet A. Napolitano (University of California, Berkeley); Eric Posner (University of Chicago); MODERATOR: Goodwin Liu (Supreme Court of California)
March 18, 2025
Understanding Caregiving: How Do We Improve It from Birth through Old Age?
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Laura L. Carstensen (Stanford University); Alison Gopnik (University of California, Berkeley); MODERATOR: Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
April 3, 2025
Public Trust in Science Roundtable: The Scientific Enterprise
MODERATOR: Cristine Russell (Harvard University)
April 8, 2025
Public Trust in Science Roundtable: Science and Democracy
MODERATOR: Mark Trahant (Indian Country Today)
April 10, 2025
Meeting of the New York Committee*
April 11, 2025
Higher Education Institutions and the Housing Crisis: An Affiliate Convening
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Paula Giddings (Smith College); Shirley Malcom (American Association for the Advancement of Science); Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences); Jenny Schuetz (Arnold Ventures); Peter Tatian (Urban Institute)
May 21, 2025
What Can Be Learned from International Perspectives on Autocracy and Democracy?
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Miguel Angel Lara Otaola (Electoral Integrity Project); Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeton University); Timothy Snyder (University of Toronto); MODERATOR: Stephen Heintz (Rockefeller Brothers Fund)
Place-Based Immigration Programs
Cohosted with the American Enterprise Institute
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Michael Clemens (George Mason University); Adam Ozimek (Economic Innovation Group); Christina M. Rodríguez (Yale Law School); MODERATOR: Stan Veuger (American Enterprise Institute)
June 12, 2025
What Are the Limits of Executive Power – and Citizen Power – in America?
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Akhil Reed Amar (Yale Law School); Eric Liu (Citizen University)
June 24, 2025
Are We Measuring What Matters?: New Metrics for a New Economy
FEATURED SPEAKER: Jacob Hacker (Yale University); MODERATOR: Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
August 11, 2025
What Is Creativity in the Age of AI?
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Holly Case (Brown University); Meghan O’Gieblyn (Writer); MODERATOR: Joanna Scott (University of Rochester)
October 22, 2025
We the People: A Conversation on the Fate of our Constitution with Jill Lepore
FEATURED SPEAKER: Jill Lepore (Harvard University); MODERATOR: Laurie L. Patton (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
November 5, 2025
Can Congress Better Represent Americans?
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Andy Craig (Joseph H. Rainey Center); Michel Li (Brennan Center for Justice); Norman J. Ornstein (American Enterprise Institute); Maria Perez (Democracy Rising); MODERATOR: John M. Carey (Dartmouth College)
December 9, 2025
What Are the Challenges and Opportunities of AI in Mental Health Care?
FEATURED SPEAKERS: Paul Dagum (Applied Cognition); Sanjay K. Gupta (Emory University School of Medicine; CNN); Kacie Kelly (Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute); Arthur Kleinman (Harvard University); Alan Leshner (American Association for the Advancement of Science)