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“Rumford prize”

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Leslie H. Gelb

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Public Affairs and Public Policy
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Hermann Parzinger

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Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Anthropology and Archaeology
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Morton Keller

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Humanities and Arts
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History
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Thom Mayne

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Ruth J. Williams

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Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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New $1.5 Million Challenge to Modernize Academic Hiring and Promoting

The Academy, in partnership with the Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA) and the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program, launched the Modernizing Academic Appointment and Advancement (MA3) Challenge. The initiative invites U.S. colleges and universities to transform academic hiring, review, promotion, and tenure practices.
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James L. Axtell

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Humanities and Arts
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History
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Hitoshi Murayama

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Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Physics
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H. Robert Horvitz

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Biological Sciences
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Cellular and Developmental Biology
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Karen Davis

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Leadership, Policy, and Communications
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Educational and Academic Leadership
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Gregory Lawler

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Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics
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Patricia G. Devine

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Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Psychological Sciences
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Edmond Henri Fischer

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Biological Sciences
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Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology
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History of Women Scientists in America

The increased role of women in science in this country was the result of the convergence of two trends: the growth in higher education and expanded employment for middle-class women on the one hand, and the growth, bureaucratization and professionalization of science and technology, on the other.

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Marianne Bertrand

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Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Economics
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Arthur C. Sze

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Humanities and Arts
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Literature
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Naomi Oreskes

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Humanities and Arts
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History
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