WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences announced today the election of 120 members and 25 international members in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original ...

The National Academy of Sciences announces the selection of eighty of the nation’s brightest young scientists from industry, academia, and government to take part in the National Academy of Sciences’ ...

The NAS Award for Scientific Discovery is presented every two years to recognize an accomplishment or discovery in basic research, achieved within the previous five years, that is expected to have a ...

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Emmanuel Candès is the Barnum-Simons Chair in Mathematics and Statistics, and professor of electrical engineering (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Up until 2009, he was the Ronald and Maxine ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences is presenting its 2024 Public Welfare Medal to molecular biologist and women’s equality advocate Nancy Hopkins for her courageous leadership over three ...

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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced today that 13 Frontiers of Science alumni have been elected to membership in the NAS in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements ...

June 25, 2026 In-person attendance (by invitation only) 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET (doors will open and light breakfast available ...

WASHINGTON — Neil H. Shubin, Robert R. Bensley Distinguished Service Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and vice dean for academic advancement at the University of Chicago, has been elected ...

As Marcia McNutt approaches the end of her tenure as president of the National Academy of Sciences, she leaves a historic legacy as the first woman to hold that office in the institution’s more than ...