Summer 2022 Bulletin

Noteworthy

Select Prizes and Awards to Members
 

Members Elected to the American Philosophical Society
 

Mary Carruthers
New York University; All Souls College, University of Oxford

Francis Collins
National Human Genome Research Institute

France Cordova
Science Philanthropy Alliance

Christopher Field
Stanford University

Suzan Shown Harjo
The Morning Star Institute

Alberto Ibargüen
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Maria Jasin
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Desmond King
Nuffield College, University of Oxford

Anita LaFrance Allen
University of Pennsylvania

David Laibson
Harvard University

Nicholas Lemann
Columbia University

Tanya Luhrmann
Stanford University

Tobin Marks
Northwestern University

Kathleen McKeown
Columbia University

Tracy Palandjian
Social Finance

Kimberly Prather
University of California, San Diego

Jahan Ramazani
University of Virginia

Jennifer Richeson
Yale University

David Spergel
Simons Foundation

Howard Stone
Princeton University

Natasha Trethewey
Northwestern University

 

Other Prizes and Awards to Members
 

Larry Abbott (Columbia University) was awarded the 2022 Gruber Neuroscience Prize. He shares the prize with Emery N. Brown (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital), Terrence Sejnowski (Salk Institute for Biological Studies), and Haim Sompolinsky (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).

Wanda Austin (Aerospace Corporation) received the 2022 ISE Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Southern California.

Emery N. Brown (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital) was awarded the 2022 Gruber Neuroscience Prize. He shares the prize with Larry Abbott (Columbia University), Terrence Sejnowski (Salk Institute for Biological Studies), and Haim Sompolinsky (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).

Sallie W. Chisholm (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science by The Franklin Institute.

Laurie H. Glimcher (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute) was named to the 2022 Class of Modern Heathcare’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives.

Bryan T. Grenfell (Princeton University) was awarded the 2022 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences by the Inamori Foundation.

Clare Grey (University of Cambridge) is the winner of the 2022 ACS Central Science Disruptors & Innovators Prize, given by the American Chemical Society.

Katherine High (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine) was awarded the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Gold Medal.

Mark Horowitz (Stanford University) received the ACM–IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award.

Ehud Hrushovski (University of Oxford) was awarded the 2022 Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences. He shares the award with Noga Alon (Princeton University).

Akiko Iwasaki (Yale School of Medicine) was awarded the 2022 Lupus Insight Prize by the Lupus Research Alliance.

Katalin Karikó (BioNTech; University of Pennsylvania) received the 2022 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science. She shares the prize with Drew Weissman (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine) and Pieter Cullis (Nanovation Therapeutics; Integrated Nano Therapeutics). Dr. Karikó also received the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science from The Franklin Institute. She shares the award with Drew Weissman.

Cato T. Laurencin (University of Connecticut) is the recipient of the AOA Distinguished Contributions to Orthopaedics Award, given by the American Orthopaedics Association.

Yo-Yo Ma (Cambridge, Massachusetts) was awarded the 2022 Birgit Nilsson Prize.

David MacMillan (Princeton University) was awarded a knighthood in Queen Elizabeth II’s Birthday Honours list.

Carver Mead (California Institute of Technology) was awarded the 2022 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology by the Inamori Foundation.

Eduardo Matos Moctezuma (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia) received the 2022 Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences.

Guy J. Nordenson (Guy Nordenson & Associates; Prince­ton University) was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Ralph G. Nuzzo (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) was awarded the 2022 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience. He shares the prize with David Allara (Pennsylvania State University), Jacob Sagiv (Weizmann Institute of Science), and George Whitesides (Harvard University).

Thomas R. Palfrey (California Institute of Technology) was awarded the 2021 William H. Riker Prize in Political Science.

Jessica Rawson (University of Oxford) received the 2022 Tang Prize in Sinology.

Carol V. Robinson (University of Oxford) received the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry from The Franklin Institute.

Jeffrey D. Sachs (Columbia University) was awarded the 2022 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development.

Terrence Sejnowski (Salk Institute for Biological Studies) was awarded the 2022 Gruber Neuroscience Prize. He shares the prize with Larry Abbott (Columbia University), Emery N. Brown (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital), and Haim Sompolinsky (Hebrew University of Jerusalem).

Laurence Senelick (Tufts University) received the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title award for Jacques Offenbach and the Making of Modern Culture.

Peter W. Shor (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) received the 2022–2023 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Paul Slovic (University of Oregon) received the Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science from The Franklin Institute.

Haim Sompolinsky (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) was awarded the 2022 Gruber Neuroscience Prize. He shares the prize with Larry Abbott (Columbia University), Emery N. Brown (Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital), and Terrence Sejnowski (Salk Institute for Biological Studies).

Nancy Stokey (University of Chicago) is the recipient of the 2021 CME Group–MSRI Innovative Quantitative Applications Prize.

Darren Walker (Ford Foundation) was named Commander of France’s Order of Arts and Letters.

Christopher A. Walsh (Harvard Medical School; Boston Children’s Hospital) was awarded the 2022 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience. He shares the prize with Jean-Louis Mandel (University of Strasbourg), Harry T. Orr (University of Minnesota Medical School), and Huda Y. Zoghbi (Baylor College of Medicine; Texas Children’s Hospital).

Sheldon Weinbaum (City University of New York) received the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Biomedical Engineering from The Franklin Institute.

Drew Weissman (University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine) received the 2022 Tang Prize in Biopharmaceutical Science. He shares the prize with Katalin Karikó (BioNTech; University of Pennsylvania) and Pieter Cullis (Nanovation Therapeutics; Integrated Nano Therapeutics). Dr. Weissman also received the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science from The Franklin Institute. He shares the award with Katalin Karikó.

George Whitesides (Harvard University) was awarded the 2022 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience. He shares the prize with David Allara (Pennsylvania State University), Ralph G. Nuzzo (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), and Jacob Sagiv (Weizmann Institute of Science).

Frank Wilczek (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) was awarded the 2022 Templeton Prize.

Teresa K. Woodruff (Michigan State University) received the 2022 Distinguished Woman in Higher Education Leadership Award from the American Council of Education.

Huda Y. Zoghbi (Baylor College of Medicine; Texas Children’s Hospital) was awarded the 2022 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience. She shares the prize with Jean-Louis Mandel (University of Strasbourg), Harry T. Orr (University of Minnesota Medical School), and Christopher A. Walsh (Harvard Medical School; Boston Children’s Hospital).
 


New Appointments
 

René Bernards (Netherlands Cancer Institute) was appointed to the Board of Directors of Lixte Biotechnology.

Tomiko Brown-Nagin (Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study) was appointed to ProPublica’s Board of Directors.

Titia de Lange (Rockefeller University) was elected a foreign member of the Royal Society.

Jennifer L. Eberhardt (Stanford University) was elected to the Innocence Project Board of Directors.

Hugh Grant (St. Louis, MO) was appointed to the Board of Directors of CIBO Technologies.

Nancy Ip (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) was appointed President of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Daniel Kahne (Harvard University) was appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of Avilar Therapeutics.

John Kuriyan (University of California, Berkeley) was named Dean of the School of Medicine Basic Sciences at Vanderbilt University.

Arun Majumdar (Stanford University) was named inaugural Dean of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.

Lynne E. Maquat (University of Rochester) was appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of ReviR Therapeutics.

Jennifer L. Mnookin (UCLA School of Law) was named Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Janet A. Napolitano (University of California, Berkeley) was appointed Secretary of President Biden’s Intelligence Advisory Board.

Julia M. Phillips (Sandia National Laboratories) was appointed a Member of the National Science Board.

Kenneth Scheve (Yale University) was named FAS Dean of Social Science at Yale University.

Tommie Shelby (Harvard University) was elected cochair of the Pulitzer Prize Board.

Ginger Thompson (ProPublica) was elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board.

Abraham Verghese (Stanford University School of Medicine) was appointed to the Board of Directors of Athos Therapeutics.

Tara Zahra (University of Chicago) was appointed the Roman Family Director of the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society.
 


Select Publications
 

Nonfiction
 

Ken Burns (Florentine Films). Our America: A Photographic History. Knopf, October 2022

Noam Chomsky (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Vijay Prashad (Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research). The Withdrawal: Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and the Fragility of U.S. Power. New Press, August 2022

David Hackett Fischer (Brandeis University). African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals. Simon & Schuster, May 2022

Howard Gardner (Harvard Graduate School of Education) and Wendy Fischman (Harvard Graduate School of Education). The Real World of College: What Higher Education Is and What It Can Be. The MIT Press, March 2022

Henry Kissinger (Kissinger Associates). Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy. Penguin Press, July 2022

Richard Kramer (City University of New York, The Graduate Center). From the Ruins of Enlightenment: Beethoven and Schubert in Their Solitude. University of Chicago Press, October 2022

Dahlia Lithwick (Slate). Lady Justice: Women, the Law, and the Battle to Save America. Penguin Press, September 2022

Robert Pinsky (Boston University). Jersey Breaks: Becoming an American Poet. W.W. Norton, October 2022

Moshe Safdie (Moshe Safdie
and Associates). If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture. Atlantic Monthly Press, September 2022

Laurence Senelick (Tufts University). The Final Curtain: The Art of Dying on Stage. Anthem Press, May 2022
 

We invite all Fellows and International Honorary Members to send notices about their recent and forthcoming publications, new appointments, exhibitions and performances, films and documentaries, and honors and prizes to bulletin@amacad.org.

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