Congratulations to the newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! Today we are honored to welcome 276 scholars, leaders, artists, and innovators into the Academy.
Congratulations to the newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! Today we are honored to welcome 252 scholars, leaders, artists, and innovators into the Academy.
On March 7, join the American Academy for a discussion on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the future of the global order. Featured speakers include Michael
@McFaul
, Mary Elise Sarotte,
@OxanaShevel
, and
@TimothyDSnyder
Register to attend:
Congratulations to the newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! Today we are honored to welcome 214 scholars, leaders, artists, and innovators into the Academy.
Congratulations to our new members! Just announced! We are honoring the excellence of extraordinary leaders in an array of disciplines and professions. The first members were elected in 1781. Learn who was elected in 2023:
Congratulations to the newly elected members of the American Academy! Today we are honored to welcome 261 exceptional individuals - including artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders in the public, non-profit, and private sectors - into the Academy.
Join us next month as we honor
@MargaretAtwood
with the Emerson-Thoreau medal for her achievements in
#literature
! After the award has been presented, author
@GishJen
will join Atwood in conversation.
Register online:
Announcing our new members! The Academy is honoring excellence in an array of disciplines and professions, and inviting these new members to join our work to advance the common good. The first members were elected in 1781. Learn who was elected in 2024:
Congratulations to the newly elected members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences! Today we are honored to welcome 213 scholars, leaders, artists, and innovators into the Academy.
"These killings are a tragedy for families and communities. But they are also a stain on our nation’s very soul."
—Sherrilyn Ifill
@Sifill_LDF
,
@americanacad
member and President of
@NAACP_LDF
We are a nation in crisis. Today, the
@americanacad
's bipartisan Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship revealed a roadmap to help our nation emerge from this crisis with a more resilient democracy and a common purpose.
#OurCommonPurpose
The Academy and
@mitpress
are excited to announce that
#Daedalus
, Journal of the
@americanacad
, is now
#openaccess
. Years of volumes and hundreds of essays previously behind a paywall have been made freely available.
Today the Academy has named
@HenryLouisGates
the recipient of the Don Randel Award for Humanistic Studies. A prolific scholar and public intellectual, Gates “embodies the power and spirit of humanistic pursuits.”
@HutchinsCenter
@Harvard
Now available: "Art for Life's Sake: The Case for
#ArtsEducation
," the first report of our Commission on the Arts. The majority of Americans agree that the arts are an essential component of a well-rounded education, but not everyone has access.
🔗
Glorious weekend at the induction ceremony for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences in Cambridge. So wondeful to be surrounded by so many dear friends & visionaries across several disciplines. Big congrats to all the inductees
How can we reinvent democracy for the 21ˢᵗ century? Join the Academy's Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship on June 11 for the virtual launch of their final report,
#OurCommonPurpose
, to find out.
Thank you
@JamesFallows
for shining a bright light on the SCOTUS recommendation in
@americanacad
's
#OurCommonPurpose
report. Read more about the proposal for 18-year terms here, along with 30 other proposals for strengthening democracy,
America has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Its criminal justice policies sustain racial exclusion and deepen poverty. Starting over from square one, what could a legitimate system of justice look like?
New
#Daedalus
issue reimagines justice:
"
#UnfoldingFutures
: Indigenous Ways of Knowing for the Twenty-First Century" explores the unique, sovereign, & central position Native Americans occupy in confronting the critical issues of the 21st century.
Read more at .
Academy member and artist Kerry James Marshall to create new stained glass windows with a racial justice theme for
@WNCathedral
. Fellow member and poet
@ProfessorEA
will write a new work to be inscribed in stone.
The American Academy is thrilled and honored to welcome its new President,
@PresOxtoby
! Dr. David Oxtoby (
@pomonacollege
) will, in the years ahead, help the Academy to fulfill its mission of advancing the common good.
The Winter 2020 issue of Daedalus on
#WomenandEquality
is both a celebration of how far women have come towards
#equalrights
and an exploration of remaining obstacles. All essays are online and free to read:
The administrative state– with more than 2 million civilian employees working in government agencies & institutions– has been called the “4th branch of government.”
The Summer 2021 issue of
#D
ædalus explores the future of the modern administrative state.
Is the Internet hurting or helping civic engagement and political participation?
A new report out today on “The Internet and Engaged Citizenship,” by
@davekarpf
(
@SMPAGWU
), explores answers to that question.
The U.S. House of Representatives has lost its reputation as the "People's House." How can it regain that role and the public trust? OpEd from
@leedrutman
and Yuval Levin in
@WashPost
calls for 150 more representatives.
#EnglargeTheHouse
#OurCommonPurpose
What a night! Thank you to
@YoYo_Ma
and David Rubenstein of
@OneCarlyle
for the perfect welcome to
@americanacad
members elected in 2020 and 2021. YoYo Ma spoke of finding meaning in every day: we wish everyone a meaningful induction day.
The Spring 2022 issue of Dædalus on AI & Society, guest-edited by James Manyika (
@Google
), explores the many facets of AI. The 25
#openaccess
essays from leading thinkers address
#ArtificialIntelligence
's beginnings, applications, and potential futures.
Thank you to
@nytdavidbrooks
,
@JudyWoodruff
, and all those who joined us for the virtual launch of
#OurCommonPurpose
: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century.
Learn more and read the report at
“Remix: For My People,” inspired by Margaret Walker Alexander’s 1937 poem, curated by
@AmericanAcad
’s
@NTrethewey
, and written by people across America, celebrates our similarities and differences.
@PortraitPBS
View the full poem at
The final report from our
#PublicFaceofScience
initiative is now available! The report identifies three areas for change that can shape attitudes toward science and people's experiences with it.
"Addressing our frustrations with the members of the House might just require making more of them."
@leedrutman
and Yuval Levin make the case for expanding the House of Representatives in this
@PostOpinions
piece.
@OCP_Amacad
#OurCommonPurpose
Congratulations to Lydia Kavraki and
@americanacad
member
@DaphneKoller
, the newest recipients of the ACM-AAAI Allen Newell Award for their contributions in computer science.
@TheOfficialACM
Learn about America's civil justice gap in a new report: what it is, how it affects low-income Americans, why it will grow due to COVID, and - most importantly - recommendations to make civil justice accessible for all.
#civiljustice
#accesstojustice
#A2J
America has a civil justice gap. It will grow even larger with the evictions and health care costs due to COVID-19.
Learn about challenges & recommendations at the online release of a new report: Civil Justice for All.
#CivilJustice
#accesstojustice
#A2J
How would YOU finish the sentence “For my people…”?
#AmericanPortraitPBS
is partnering with
@americanacad
’s
@NTrethewey
to update Margaret Walker’s iconic poem.
We need YOUR help to complete it. See how you can join in below:
We can celebrate the invention of America while also working toward its reinvention.
Read our new bipartisan report with 31 recommendations for reforming American democracy.
#July4th2020
#OurCommonPurpose
The world has entered a new nuclear era, no longer dominated by two nuclear superpowers. The Spring issue of Dædalus on "Meeting the Challenges of a
#NewNuclearAge
," edited by Robert Legvold and Chris Chyba, explores the essential features of this new era.
In his essay,
@JeffDean
(
@Google
) examines the 2010s – the ‘golden decade’ of deep learning research. He explores the hardware and software that enabled such progress, gives a sampling of exciting applications, and offers a glimpse towards the future.
#AI
The American Academy is honored to announce astrophysicist Charles L. Bennett (
@JohnsHopkins
@NASA
) as the recipient of the Rumford Prize for his groundbreaking work in cosmology.
Join us online June 11 at 1 p.m. EST for the launch of "
#OurCommonPurpose
: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century," the final report of our Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship.
➡️
Want to know more about what the public humanities are, why they matter, and what's ahead? The new issue of our journal Daedalus is all about the public humanities. The introduction and 16 essays are open access and online now.
#publichumanities
Before Terence Blanchard became the first black composer to present work at
@MetOpera
, he found inspiration in jazz luminaries like Miles Davis & Thelonious Monk. Learn about
@T_Blanchard
's journey in his Mixtape video, From a Musical Childhood to The Met.
Newly elected Academy members from across the country and around the world are making their way to Cambridge for the 2019
#AcademyInduction
weekend. Welcome, all!
WELCOME to all of the Academy Members making their way to Cambridge for the 2018
#AcademyInduction
Weekend! For a complete list of members elected this year, visit .
Is the U.S. the “most punitive country in the history of the planet”? Academy members Martha Minow and
@NPRMichel
Martin discuss forgiveness (and lack thereof) in the legal system.
Next week, join the American Academy and
@EADRoadmap
for a conversation with students, educators, and scholars about the role of
#civiceducation
in fostering a new generation of empowered citizens committed to forging a vibrant democracy.
Register:
Introducing
#Mixtape
, a new initiative from
@americanacad
Commission on the Arts. Mixtape is a multimedia gallery of poems, stories, songs, videos, and visual art to meet people wherever and whenever they want to encounter art.
See more at
Art can be many things, but it starts as work.
#ArtIsWork
, the second report from the Academy's Commission on the Arts, recommends policies to support a creative workforce.
#ArtistsMatter
Read the report:
Colleges and universities should treat the practice of teaching as a skill to be developed and supported. See more recommendations for improving America's
#edfuture
:
Released today: the latest publication from our project on Making Justice Accessible. "Measuring Civil Justice for All," a blueprint for data collection w/ recommendations on how to measure the fairness and effectiveness of civil justice.
#accesstojustice
Leonard Kleinrock, distinguished professor
@UCLAengineering
and internet pioneer, was awarded our highest honor, the UCLA Medal, for his contributions in providing the intellectual foundation for the modern technical age.
Aquanaut, astronaut, and member of the first all-female spacewalk. Tonight at 7, hear from
@Astro_Jessica
Meir herself to learn about her otherworldly adventures and what they can teach us about our own lives.
How have artists and arts organizations been affected by the pandemic, and what does their future hold? We asked Bob Lynch (
@Americans4Arts
) and Mike O'Bryan (
@VillageArts
) to discuss in this video.
Join
@americanacad
on October 24 for the launch of the new report from the Commission on Accelerating Climate Action -- Forging Climate Solutions: How to Accelerate Action Across America.
#ClimateAction
Virtual and in-person in Washington D.C.
The second report from the
#PublicFaceofScience
is now available!
#EncounteringScience
highlights the range and diversity of opportunities for science-centered activities and provides insight into why people engage.
"Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both"
🔊 For
#NationalPoetryMonth
, listen to
@americanacad
member Robert Frost recite from memory his poem "The Road Not Taken.”
Expensive, elitist, unnecessary? That’s not how most Americans view the
#humanities
. A new survey released by the Acacdemy's
#HumanitiesIndicators
project today shows 85% of Americans responding favorably to the term "humanities."
Latest issue of
#Daedalus
on
#EndingCivilWars
offers a range of approaches to limiting the devastation of civil wars— and identifies impediments to ending them.
🔓 Read the entire volume online for free:
Latest issue of
#Daedalus
on
#EndingCivilWars
offers a range of approaches to limiting the devastation of civil wars— and identifies impediments to ending them.
🔓 Read the entire issue online for free:
Listen to
@mlamont6
, Peter Hall, and Paul Pierson, contributors to the Daedalus volume on "Inequality as a Multidimensional Process," discuss
#inequality
in
@HarvardWCFIA
's new podcast, Epicenter:
“Ecologists see connections.” American Academy member
@JaneLubchenco
changed the field of ecology by making the science useful to society and by committing to science communication.
The latest survey on
#Humanities
in American Life from the
#HumanitiesIndicators
project explores Americans' engagement with and perception of the humanities in everyday life.
One vision for the future: 100% exposure to international perspectives, cultures, and languages.
#LanguagesForAll
📗 Read full report on
#AmericasLanguages
at
#OurCommonPurpose
cochairs
@dsallentess
, Stephen Heintz, and
@ericpliu
issued a statement condemning yesterday's insurrection and calling for a renewed commitment to our Constitutional democracy and each other.
Citing Academy report on
#AmericasLanguages
,
@SenBrianSchatz
today introduced the Senate version of the Biliteracy Education Seal and Teaching Act. The Senate version broadens the definition of a "second language" to include Native American and classical languages.