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Former Junior Fellow Jacob Tsimerman Awarded Fields Medal
Former Junior Fellow Jacob Tsimerman (2011 - 14), currently a professor at the University of Toronto, was one of four mathematicians awarded the Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematics in Philadelphia. The Fields Medal, one of the most...
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Junior Fellow Linda Kinster wins Commonweal Short Fiction Prize
Current Junior Fellow Linda Kinstler won the third annual Commonweal Prize for Short Fiction for her short story, “Waidmannslust," which is her first published work of short fiction. Linda is also a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and...
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In Memoriam: Senior Fellow Nur Yalman (1931 - 2026)
Senior Fellow Nur Yalman, also a professor of Social Anthropology and Middle Eastern Studies (emeritus), passed away in Istanbul on June 4, 2026, at the age of 95. Nur served as a Senior Fellow since 1993. In the words of the Society's Chair Noah Feldman...
Nur Yalman

Cracking the Code of ‘What the Nose Knows’
Mice rely on odors to find mates, avoid predators, identify food sources, and recognize their own pups. Yet how those crucial scents are organized — and understood by the brain — has remained mysterious. A recent study published in Cell , jointly led by...
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Three Junior Fellows awarded Breakthrough Prizes
Two former Junior Fellows and one incoming Junior Fellow were among the recipients of this year's Breakthrough Prizes. The Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to former Junior Fellow David Gross (1966 - 69, pictured left). Gross...
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Three former Junior Fellows awarded Guggenheim Fellowships
Former Junior Fellows Kate Manne, Sarah McNamer, and Adam Mestyan (pictured left to right) were among this year's class of Guggenheim Fellows. Manne (2011 - 13) is currently a professor of philosophy at Cornell University, McNamer (1995 - 97, 1998 - 99)...
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Junior Fellow Wendy Valencia Montoya wins Dobzhansky Prize
Current Junior Fellow Wendy Valencia Montoya was awarded the Dobzhansky Prize , which is awarded annually by the Society for the Study of Evolution to recognize the accomplishments and future promise of an outstanding early-career evolutionary biologist...
Wendy Valencia-Montoya