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Dec 1, 2020

The Importance of Languages in a Global Context: An International Call to Action

For the first time in their histories, five international academies have joined together to sign a document in support of increased investment in language education, an unprecedented collaboration during a time of global uncertainty.

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Nov 19, 2020

PBS American Portrait and the Academy Announce New Project Partnership: Natasha Trethewey to Create Crowdsourced Poem

PBS and the Academy are partnering for a PBS AMERICAN PORTRAIT storytelling project to develop a crowdsourced poem curated by Academy member and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey.

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Nov 9, 2020

Americans and the Humanities: New Data, New Insights

A new report provides data and insights about how Americans engage in the humanities and what their views are on the benefits of pursuits such as studying or participating in activities related to art history, languages, literature, history, and philosophy.

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Oct 28, 2020

Considering a World Without Nuclear Constraints

The last remaining bilateral nuclear arms treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation is set to expire in 2021. Then what happens? Discussions and essays explore the new nuclear territory.

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Dec 2020

The Importance of Languages in a Global Context: An International Call to Action

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Nov 2020

PBS American Portrait and the Academy Announce New Project Partnership: Natasha Trethewey to Create Crowdsourced Poem

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Nov 2020

Exploring the Humanities in American Life

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Nov 2020

Americans and the Humanities: New Data, New Insights

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Sep 2020

A New Report about America, China, and the Future of Innovation - The Perils of Complacency

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Sep 2020

A New Report and Recommendations: Civil Justice for All

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Fall 2020

Witnessing Climate Change: Personal Narratives, Professional Expertise

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September 14, 2020

A Statement on Anti-Racism from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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Jun 2020

New Issue of Dædalus Explores the Intersection of Democracy & Religion

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Jun 2020

A Plan to Reinvent American Democracy for the 21st Century: Responding to a Nation in Crisis

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May 2020

The Benefits of International Scientific Collaboration - Project and Statement

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April 23, 2020

New 2020 Members Announced

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Mar 2020

Meeting the Challenges of a New Nuclear Age

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Jan 2020

Margaret Atwood to Receive Literature Medal

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January 29, 2020

Pioneering Sociolinguist William Labov Receiving Social Science Prize

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Jan 2020

Women & Equality: The Remaining Obstacles & Path Ahead

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Dec 2019

Quality, Completion, and Affordability: Priorities for Undergraduate Education Highlighted in New Videos

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Jul 2019

New Issue of Dædalus Explores Processes of Inequality

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Apr 2019

New 2019 Academy Members Announced

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Mar 2019

New Issue of Dædalus Explores Why Jazz Still Matters

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Mar 2019

Science During Crisis: New Report with Recommendations

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Jan 2019

Ernest J. Moniz Named Inaugural Recipient of Award for Excellence in Public Policy and Public Affairs

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Jan 2019

Rumford Prize Awarded for the Invention and Refinement of Optogenetics

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Jan 2019

History of Science Prize to Jenny Bulstrode: Awarded by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Jan 2019

New Issue of Dædalus Takes on the Justice Gap Facing Poor and Low-Income Americans

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Dec 2018

New President for the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Sep 2018

New Issue of Dædalus Explores Tensions and Opportunities at the Interface of Science and the Legal System

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Aug 2018

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Receives $3.5 Million Gift from the Mandel Foundation

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Aug 2018

New Commission on the Arts: John Lithgow, Deborah Rutter, and Natasha Trethewey to Chair at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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Jul 2018

Combating Corruption: New Dædalus Issue Examines How to Halt Political & Corporate Graft

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Jun 2018

Key Business, Science, and University Leaders Applaud Recent Research Funding Boost, But Much More Needs to be Done on Innovation

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May 2018

Leaders from Business, Government, Academia, and the Arts Call for Improved Access to Language Education

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