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EAPS Department Head Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
EAPS Scope Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Seven MIT faculty members, including EAPS Department Head Rob van der Hilst, are among 204 leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities and the arts elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Seven MIT faculty members are among 204 leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities and the arts elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced today.

One of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies, the academy is also a leading center for independent policy research. Members contribute to academy publications, as well as studies of science and technology policy, energy and global security, social policy and American institutions, the humanities and culture, and education.

Those elected from MIT this year are:

- Elazer Reuven Edelman, the Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Professor of Health Sciences and Technology

- Michael Greenstone, the 3M Professor of Environmental Economics

- Keith Adam Nelson, a professor of chemistry

- Paul A. Seidel, a professor of mathematics

- Gigliola Staffilani, the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Mathematics

- Sherry Roxanne Turkle, the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology

- Robert Dirk van der Hilst, the Schlumberger Professor of Earth Sciences and head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

“It is a privilege to honor these men and women for their extraordinary individual accomplishments,” Don Randel, chair of the academy’s Board of Directors, said in a statement. “The knowledge and expertise of our members give the Academy a unique capacity — and responsibility — to provide practical policy solutions to the pressing challenges of the day. We look forward to engaging our new members in this work.”

The new class will be inducted at a ceremony held on Oct. 11 at the academy’s headquarters in Cambridge.

Since its founding in 1780, the academy has elected leading “thinkers and doers” from each generation, including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin in the 18th century, Daniel Webster and Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 19th century, and Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill in the 20th century. The current membership includes more than 250 Nobel laureates and more than 60 Pulitzer Prize winners.

In this issue

Letter from the Department Head
Earth: Inside-Out
Faculty News
Tim Grove Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Greg Fournier Joins the EAPS Faculty
EAPS Department Head Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Simons Foundation Awards EAPS Investigators
Getting Africa on the Climate Change Grid
Measuring the Migration of a River
Weight of the World
Bringing Global Warming Science From Classroom to World
A New Rasmussen Fellowship Fund Announced
Meet EAPS' New Development Officer
4th Annual John Carlson Lecture
The Sven Treitel ’53 Graduate Student Support Fund
Madden Memorial
Introducing the First Theodore Madden ’49 Fellow
Got Curiosity?
Toksöz and Whiteman Fellows Named for 2014/15
Honoring Our Leadership Donors

 

 

 

 

For further information on giving opportunities or creating a named fund to benefit the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, please contact:

Megan Cokely
Senior Development Officer
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT
mecokely@mit.edu

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