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NZ researcher elected to prestigious academy Professor Linda Tuhiwai Te Rina Smith. Supplied photo. ); } else { // } A well-known indigenous studies Maori researcher and academic from the University of Waikato, has been elected as an international honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It is a rare honour, and believed to be the first time a Māori academic has been elected to join the Academy. Professor Linda Tuhiwai Te Rina Smith (Ngati Awa, ...

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences April 22 announced its 2021 group of new members, with several Indian Americans chosen in various categories among the 252 new additions. The Academy was established in 1780 by the country’s founders to provide guidance to a young nation that would face challenges and need expertise and excellence to emerge stronger. While the founders did not anticipate a year with a historic pandemic, overdue racial reckoning, and political strife, the purpose of e...

April 29, 2021 Maureen Hanson, the Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Bernice Grafstein, the Vincent and Brooke Astor Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medicine, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced April 22. They are among 252 newly elected members  – 55% of whom are women – hon...

UMass Amherst chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences Updated Apr 28, 2021; Posted Apr 28, 2021 University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy ahas been elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Photo by Erik Kaplan Facebook Share University of Massachusetts Amherst chancellor Kumble R. Subbaswamy has joined a body whose history is traced back to the Founding Fathers, and whose membership includes some of the nation�...

By Susan Gonzalez April 26, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this Top row: Bergemann, Breaker, Brown, Cao, Casey; Middle row: Hansen, Horwich, Huber, Iwasaki; Bottom row: Johnson, Sigworth, Spielman, Tanner, Washington Fourteen Yale faculty members who work across a range of disciplines last week were among the 252 accomplished individuals elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Those elected are “extraordinary ...

Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. American Council of Learned Societies President Joy Connolly Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences April 26, 2021 GMT American Council of Learned Societies President Joy Connolly Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences American Council of Learned Societies President Joy Connolly Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences NEW YORK, April 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Coun...

Little Rock: A model for the country The Central Arkansas Library System will join with the city of Little Rock this week for the first in a four-part discussion that’s part of a national effort, Our Common Purpose, to produce a “more resilient democracy.” The first virtual discussion, from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, will talk about how Little Rock can be a model for national communities in this project. Advertisement Arkansas’s capital city will be the nation’s municipal “champion”...

Share Nine Columbia professors have been elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, joining some of the world’s most accomplished leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts in one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies. “We are honoring the excellence of these individuals, celebrating what they have achieved so far, and imagining what they will continue to accomplish,” said David Oxtoby, President of the American Academy...

Two from Ohio State elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fritz Graf and Stewart Shapiro honored for their accomplishments Josh Friesen The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of its new members for 2021, which includes two faculty members from The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences: Fritz Graf, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Classics, and Stewart Shapiro, the Steve R. and Sarah E. O’Donnell Professor of Philosophy. ...

Next image Five MIT faculty members are among more than 250 leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced Thursday. One of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, the academy is also a leading center for independent policy research. Members contribute to academy publications, as well as studies of science and technology policy, energy and global security, social policy and Ame...