Dr. Susan T. Fiske, Dr. John G. Hildebrand, Dr. Michael S. McPherson, Dr. Sarah B. Pomeroy, and Dr. Moshe Sharon are admitted to the society and sign the members' book
A presentation of awards: 1) Jacques Barzun Prize (Howard Y. Chang);2) Karl Spencer Lashley Award (Edvard and May-Britt Moser);3) The Magellanic Premium Medal (Alar Toomre)
Dr. Eshel Ben-Jacob, Sir Angus Deaton, Dr. Inez Y. Fung, Dr. Julia Hirschberg, and Dr. Glenn D. Lowry are admitted to the society and sign the members' book
Dr. Leslie C. Aiello, Dr. Pierre Hohenberg, Professor Robert James Miller, Miller, Robert James, 1951-, Mr. Richard B. Worley, and Dr. Richard J. Tarrant are admitted to the society and sign the members' book
Charlotte Greenspan discusses Richard Rodgers. What was his influence on American musical theater? How did his collaboration with Hammerstein and Hart work?
Paul Freedman opens the symposium on food culture. He makes a distinction between food culture and food science. Who gets to eat first? Who prepares the food?
Professor Gray discusses the future of solar energy science and industries.; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 159, No. 4 (December 2015), pp. 361-366
The 2014 Herman Heine Goldstine Lecture is given by Genevieve Bell. She presents the challenges with which she was presented when she started working at Intel. What do people care about and how can we use that to shape new technology?
In a lecture which turned into one of the episodes of the APS Podcast Great Talks, Dr Kennel talks about the so-called "hiatus" global warming. He examines the long term science and shows that there is no hiatus.; American Philosophical Society. Vol. 159, No. 4 (December 2015), pp. 367-408;Podcast: https://www.amphilsoc.org/museum/exhibitions/great-talks-american-philosophical-society/long-history-climate-science
Jennifer Keene examines how people experienced World War 1. She examines the intimate pain of families who lost loved ones fighting abroad, as well as the experience of the soldiers who fought and died.
Dr. Wake talks about the state of planet from the viewpoint of Amphibians. What can they tell us about the importance of biodiversity?; Further reading: Scientific American, vol.272, no.4 (1995) pp. 52-57
Peter Galison talks about his collaboration with artist William Kentridge to produce the art show " Refusal of Time"; Further reading: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/499717
