The American Academy serves the nation as a champion of scholarship, civil dialogue,
and useful knowledge. As one of the country's oldest learned societies and independent
policy research centers, the Academy convenes leaders from the academic, business,
and government sectors to respond to the challenges facing the nation and the world.
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The second publication
from the Lincoln Project examines state funding patterns
for public research universities.
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Food Fights: From
Farms to Labels, the second WGBH News reporting series presented in partnership
with the Academy, draws from research and expert commentary in the fall Dædalus
on “The Future of Food, Health & the Environment of a Full Earth”
More about the issue and the reporting series
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Read more about the Innovation Imperative -
Phil S. Baran,
Sally Haslanger, Darren Walker, Patricia Churchland, and Roland Fryer, representing
each of the Academy's five classes, offered remarks during Induction.
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In response to
a bipartisan request from Congress, the Academy is creating a national commission
to examine the current state of language education.
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Participants at
the Global Nuclear Future meeting in New Delhi advance the dialogue on nuclear energy
among governments, experts, and the public.
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Author Phil Klay,
Academy Fellow and 19th U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey, and
Academy Fellow Scott Sagan on "Writing About War," a conversation about the ethics of war,
at Stanford University
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Are the humanities
really in crisis in higher education? This new Indicators report highlights challenges
but also progress in the field.
Download the Report
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