Edward Witten, Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of
Natural Sciences, has been awarded the Albert Einstein World Award
of Science 2016 from the World Cultural Council. Witten received this
award for his visionary research across physics and...
King Charles XVI Gustav presented the Swedish Society for
Anthropology and Geography (SSAG) Gold Medal to Didier Fassin,
James D. Wolfensohn Professor in the School of Social Science, for
his scientific contributions to anthropology.
Maryam Mirzakhani, former Member in the School of Mathematics, is profiled and interviewed by Quanta after winning a Fields Medal in 2014, the first woman and Iranian to do so.