At the invitation of the National Academy of Sciences, the
Institute for Advanced Study proudly contributed to a global policy
statement (PDF)
in support of basic research with input from the G7 science
academies. The statement, adopted and released...
“Our whole education is a process of confrontation between our imagination and the reality of established facts,” Institute Director and Leon Levy Professor Robbert Dijkgraaf tells the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. “I think the greatest scientists have such an intense curiosity that they’re not discouraged by the current practice of the field and they push the boundaries of knowledge.”
"By investing in basic science, we are addressing all other
issues. Think about the money we spend in defense or the money we
have to spend in health care or education, you want to do it in a
smart way. For instance, these days we are able to deal...
“Perhaps the biggest fact of the last three hundred years of
history is that life expectancy tripled in the West and in many
other parts of the world. But it's not connected to one discovery
or one battle being fought—it is a tremendous driver and...
This video illustrates the May 5, 2017, Washington Post commentary by IAS
Trustee Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, and Eric
Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of
MIT and Harvard University, describing the...
It's not only about sharing the products of science, but
also the values of science—thinking longterm, thinking about both
facts and the uncertainties, thinking in terms of reason. . . . If
you think about the Space Race, it was wonderful to put
a...
IAS Trustee Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, and Eric
Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of
MIT and Harvard University, write in the Washington Post
that while investing in basic research typically doesn’t
make...
The African Academy of Sciences and the NEPAD Agency’s Alliance
for Accelerating Excellence in Science in Africa (AESA) and its
partners today announced a $2-million-dollar program, which will
train postdoctoral researchers to support globally...
By radically reducing the amount of scientific research U.S.
scientists can do, the president’s budget willfully ignores 400
years of thinking about innovation and knowledge—and seven decades
of the United States’ advantage in the world. “It’s like...
