The Chicago area is home to more than three hundred Academy members, who represent dozens of institutions across business, law, philanthropy, government, the arts, and education. The Academy’s 2113th Stated Meeting, Chicago and Its Institutions: What is Our Responsibility to the City? held on April 24, 2023, was an opportunity for members from Evanston to Hyde Park to reconnect, celebrate the election of four new classes of Academy colleagues (2020–2023), and consider a city at a crossroads.

Morton L. Mandel, business leader and entrepreneur, named as the recipient of the American Academy's Scholar-Patriot Award in recognition of his philanthropy and dedication to public service.

Language education is dwindling at every level in the US, from school to university, and a diminishing share of the country’s residents speak languages other than English, according to a new report from the American Academy.

It is with deep sadness that the Academy notes the passing of business leader, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and dedicated public servant Morton L. Mandel on October 16, 2019, at the age of 98.

Applying threat-reduction lessons from cyber technology, biological science, and biotechnology to nuclear technology

The publication provides an overview of undergraduate financial aid – its history, evolution, and controversies – and highlights key issues that are central to the future of higher education and the American economy.

By Maggie Boyd, Associate Archivist at the Academy

Recent Dædalus Issues Explore the Future of Free Speech and the Global Quest for Educational Equity

Cochair Barry Bloom and the Academy's Public Trust in Vaccines report are cited in an article discussing the surge in measles cases in the U.S.

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.

Tom Cech (Howard Hughes Medical Institute) will present the recommendations of the American Academy’s ARISE report to members of Congress and their staff at a Capitol Hill briefing organized by the American Chemical Society.

A poll sponsored by the Academy, and conducted by the Center for Public Opinion at UMass-Lowell, reveals displeasure with the state of American politics and receptivity to changes in how we elect Congressional representatives.

On September 19, 1919, the Academy hosted a conference of ten scholarly associations that resulted in the establishment of the American Council of Learned Societies. The purpose of the conference was to decide how American organizations could most effectively participate...