Matias Zaldarriaga, Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, Sanjeev Arora, Visiting Professor in the School of Mathematics, and five former Members are among those newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Didier Fassin, James D.
Wolfensohn Professor in the School of Social Science, has been
recognized with the 2018 NOMIS Distinguished Scientist Award, which
is presented to exceptional scientists in support of their
exploration of unconventional...
Assaf Naor, Member in the
School of Mathematics, has received the 2018 Frederic Esser Nemmers
Mathematics Prize from Northwestern University for his profound
work on the geometry of metric spaces, which has led to
breakthroughs in the theory of...
Joan Wallach Scott, Professor Emerita in the School of Social
Science, has been awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science
from the University of Edinburgh. The award, presented by the
University's Principal and Vice Chancellor, Professor Peter...
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has awarded
the Lorentz Medal to Juan Maldacena, Carl P. Feinberg Professor in
the School of Natural Sciences, for his seminal contribution to the
understanding of the quantum physics of black holes...
Professor Emeritus Robert P.
Langlands, named the winner of the 2018 Abel Prize at a
ceremony in Norway this morning, is the progenitor of the
“Langlands program,” which explores a deep connection between two
pillars of modern mathematics: number...
The Canadian mathematician Robert
Langlands, Professor Emeritus in the School of Mathematics, has
won the 2018 Abel Prize — one of mathematics’ most-prestigious
awards — for discovering surprising and far-ranging connections
between algebra, number...
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has awarded the
2018 Abel Prize to Robert P. Langlands, Professor Emeritus
in the School of
Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study. Langlands was
cited by the Abel Committee “for his visionary...
On March 13, 2018, Joan Wallach
Scott, Professor Emerita in the School of Social Science, was
named a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur of France, the country's
highest decoration, in a ceremony held at the Cultural Services of
the French Embassy...
