Member Events, 2019–2020
The Academy holds events around the country and the world. These gatherings bring members and others in their communities together to explore topics of national and global concern through an interdisciplinary lens that draws on the breadth and expertise of the Academy’s membership.
*Activity of a Local Program Committee or Representative
California
Berkeley
November 20, 2019
University of California, Berkeley
Morton L. Mandel Public Lecture
Arms Trafficking: Its Past, Present, and Future*
Featured Speakers: Brian Delay (University of California, Berkeley); Ron Hassner (University of California, Berkeley); Daniel Sargent (University of California, Berkeley); Priya Satia (Stanford University). Moderator: David Hollinger (University of California, Berkeley)
Los Angeles
November 17, 2019
J. Paul Getty Museum
Members Reception*
Featured Speaker: John Lithgow (Los Angeles, CA). Introduction: James Cuno (J. Paul Getty Trust)
San Diego
August 20, 2019
University of California, San Diego
San Diego Program Committee Meeting*
November 5, 2019
University of California, San Diego
The Joy of Search*
Featured Speaker: Dan Russell (Google). Moderator: Donald Norman (University of California, San Diego). Introduction: Geoff Wahl (Salk Institute for Biological Studies)
December 3, 2019
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Solving Our Climate Crisis*
Featured Speaker: Al Gore (former Vice President of the United States). Moderators: Veerabhadran Ramanathan (University of California, San Diego); Elizabeth Simmons (University of California, San Diego)
February 6, 2020
University of California, San Diego
San Diego Program Committee Meeting*
San Francisco
November 21, 2019
San Francisco, CA
Member Luncheon with Academy President David W. Oxtoby
Stanford
December 2, 2019
Stanford University
Member Reception with Academy President David W. Oxtoby
Featured Speaker: Nathaniel Persily (Stanford Law School)
Connecticut
New Haven
September 27, 2019
Yale University
One Interface of Fundamental Chemistry Research with Pharma/Biotech Collaborations*
Featured Speaker: Scott Miller (Yale University). Introduction: Frances McCall Rosenbluth (Yale University)
November 7, 2019
Yale University
Fixing a Broken Global Order: Is it Too Late?*
Featured Speakers: Paul Kennedy (Yale University); Samuel Kortum (Yale University); Ian Shapiro (Yale University); Jing Tsu (Yale University); Arne Westad (Yale University). Moderator: Frances McCall Rosenbluth (Yale University)
District of Columbia
Washington, D.C.
October 30, 2019
Association of American Universities
Satellite Discussion – Improving Teaching: Promoting Excellence in Undergraduate STEM Education
Featured Speakers: Sandy Baum (Urban Institute); Mary Sue Coleman (Association of American Universities); Michael S. McPherson (formerly, Spencer Foundation); Emily R. Miller (Association of American Universities); Tobin Smith (Association of American Universities)
Massachusetts
Cambridge
September 20, 2019
House of the Academy
Social Reception for Members*
Featured Speaker: Naomi Oreskes (Harvard University)
October 11, 2019
House of the Academy
Meeting of Local Program Committee Chairs*
Meeting Chair: Steven Knapp (Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh; formerly, George Washington University)
October 11, 2019
Cambridge, MA
A Celebration of the Arts and Humanities
Featured Speakers: Elizabeth Alexander (The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation); Patricia Barber (Chicago, IL); Mark Bradford (Art + Practice); Harry J. Elam, Jr. (Stanford University); Donald Margulies (Yale University)
October 12, 2019
Cambridge, MA
Induction Ceremony
Featured Speakers: Jo Handelsman (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein (University of Pennsylvania); Sherrilyn Ifill (NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund); Margaret D. Jacobs (University of Nebraska-Lincoln); Ellen Mosley-Thompson (Ohio State University); Lonnie G. Thompson (Ohio State University); Ronald Olson (Munger, Tolles & Olson); Jane Olson (Pacific Council on International Policy; Human Rights Watch)
October 13, 2019
House of the Academy
Annual David M. Rubenstein Lecture
A Conversation with Anna Deavere Smith
Featured Speakers: Anna Deavere Smith (New York University Tish School for the Arts); David M. Rubenstein (The Carlyle Group)
October 30, 2019
House of the Academy
2019 Distinguished Morton L. Mandel Annual Public Lecture
Improving Teaching: Strengthening the College Learning Experience
Featured Speakers: Sandy Baum (Urban Institute); Michael S. McPherson (formerly, Spencer Foundation)
November 8, 2019
House of the Academy
The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology
Featured Speaker: Susan Hockfield (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
December 12, 2019
House of the Academy
Winter Concert: Music and the Nobel Peace Prize
Featured Performers: Lynn Chang (Violinist); Ariel Chapman (Violinist); Tai Kim (Pianist); Ha-eun Ryu (Violinist); Alan Toda-Ambraras (Cellist)
December 16, 2019
House of the Academy
Meeting of the Boston Biotech Working Group
Featured Speakers: Sangeeta Bhatia (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Susan Hockfield (Massachusetts Institute of Technology); Nancy Hopkins (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
February 19, 2020
House of the Academy
Criminal Justice as Social Justice
Featured Speaker: Bruce Western (Columbia University)
March 6, 2020
House of the Academy
“The Resisters” Book Talk
Featured Speaker: Gish Jen (Cambridge, MA)
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
October 29, 2019
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Reception to Welcome New Members in the Research Triangle*
Featured Speakers: David W. Oxtoby (American Academy of Arts and Sciences); Walt Wolfram (North Carolina State University). Introduction: Terry Magnusson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill); Paula McClain (Duke University)
Durham
December 20, 2019
Duke University
Research Triangle Program Committee Meeting*
New York
New York
October 30, 2019
Teachers College, Columbia University
Satellite Discussion—Improving Teaching: Academic Learning or Occupational Skill? A False Dichotomy
Featured Speakers: Thomas Bailey (Teachers College, Columbia University); Sandy Baum (Urban Institute); Clive Belfield (Queens College, City University of New York); Michael S. McPherson (formerly, Spencer Foundation)
February 4, 2020
New York, NY
New York Program Committee Meeting*
February 4, 2020
New York, NY
Jonathan F. Fanton Lecture
The Global Refugee Crisis: What’s Next and What Can Be Done?
Featured Speaker: David Miliband (International Rescue Committee)
Texas
Houston
September 10, 2019
Rice University
Dr. John Mendelsohn’s Legacy and the Future of Cancer Research*
Featured Speakers: Andrew Futreal (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center); Margaret Kripke (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center); John Zerwas (Texas House of Representatives). Introduction: David W. Leebron (Rice University); Peter WT Pisters (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Washington
Seattle
September 17, 2019
University of Washington
Seattle Local Program Committee Meeting*
September 17, 2019
University of Washington
Member Reception with Academy President David W. Oxtoby*
November 19, 2019
University of Washington
Morton L. Mandel Public Lecture
Writing into the Sunset*
Featured Speakers: Annie Proulx (Seattle, WA); Shawn Wong (University of Washington)
January 9, 2020
University of Washington
Seattle Local Program Committee Meeting*
Virtual Events
April 9, 2020
How to Talk to Coronavirus Skeptics
Featured Speaker: Naomi Oreskes (Harvard University)
April 21, 2020
Immigration’s “Malaise” in the Age of COVID-19
Featured Speaker: Marcelo Suárez-Orozco (University of Massachusetts Boston; formerly, University of California, Los Angeles)
April 30, 2020
The Science and Epidemiology of COVID-19
Featured Speakers: Lawrence Corey (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; University of Washington); Jaime Sepulveda (University of California, San Francisco). Moderator: Nancy C. Andrews (Duke University School of Medicine)
May 13, 2020
Gender, Work, and COVID-19
Featured Speakers: Frances McCall Rosenbluth (Yale University); Debora Spar (Harvard Business School). Introduction: Nannerl Keohane (Princeton University)
May 27, 2020
How the Arts are Surviving the COVID-19 Pandemic
Featured Speakers: Robert Lynch (Americans for the Arts); Michael O’Bryan (The Village of Arts and Humanities). Moderator: Tania Munz (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
June 11, 2020
Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century
Featured Speakers: Danielle Allen (Harvard University); David Brooks (The New York Times); Stephen B. Heintz (Rockefeller Brothers Fund); Eric Liu (Citizens University); Judy Woodruff (PBS)