The American Academy will brief the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) on the Academy’s ARISE II project.

Members of the project’s steering committee are sharing the project’s findings with stakeholders around the country.

A panel discussion featuring presidential science advisor John Holdren

High school students continue to engage with the humanities (English, languages, and history) at a high rate, albeit with evidence of some troubling racial disparities, according to new findings from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences’ Humanities Indicators.

Study is requested by bipartisan group of members of U.S. Senate & House of Representatives.

How the English department at Washington University at St. Louis reversed its enrollment slide and reinvigorated graduate training.

The Academy received grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

As Board Chair Nancy Andrews notes in her message, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect every aspect of Academy life. Yet despite the challenges of the last eighteen months, by nearly every measure the strength of our community of members has only increased.

From the President

Harvard Law School professor and cochair of Academy project on Making Justice Accessible Martha Minow discusses forgiveness in the American legal system with NPR host Michel Martin.

Working with the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) , the Academy convened college and university presidents and leaders of scholarly societies to develop and support a statement in defense of learning and higher education.

Yuval Levin (American Enterprise Institute)'s Opinion Piece in the New York Times on the case for enlarging the House of Representatives; with the headline “Some Good Can Come Out of the Kevin McCarthy Fiasco.”

Remembrance of Stephen R. Graubard

Fiscal 2011 Budget Calls for Partnership with American Academy to Sustain a Robust Humanities Data Infrastructure