6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (114+ words) If you follow the Academy on Linked In, you may have seen our recent post about Michael Mandelbaum's 1982 D'dalus essay, "Vietnam: The Television War." His essay offers an early and enduring analysis of how the shift from print to video…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (144+ words) By Michele Lavoie, Director of Archives The year 2026 marks both the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States and the 320th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin, founder of the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia and a member of…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (164+ words) By Molly Kent, Program Coordinator for Education, and Catherine Van Ness, Program Officer for Education Can community colleges and employers create skills-based credentials of value? With a focus on historically underserved students, especially those with some college credit but no…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago  (235+ words) By Gates Palissery, Hellman & Simons Fellow in Science and Technology Policy The Academy, in partnership with the Open Research Commu'nity Accelerator (ORCA), hosted a convening on November 56, 2025, to consider this misalignment. Led by Ben Vinson III (Harvard University), the meeting…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (722+ words) In January I had the opportunity to travel to London to participate in the continuation of one of the Academy's longest institutional relationships: our shared pursuit of knowledge with the Royal Society, the oldest scientific society in existence. The first…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago  (930+ words) Thank you, Judy. I am delighted that The Nat and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences have collaborated on tonight's program. I want to give a huge thank you to Judy and her staff for allowing us to be…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago  (230+ words) [Cambridge, MA | April 22, 2026] " Today the American Academy of Arts & Sciences announced its newest members " the 252 leaders in academia, the arts, industry, journalism, philanthropy, policy, research, and science elected in 2026." "We celebrate the achievement of each new member and the collective…...