The Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually to honor outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the areas of combinatorial and discrete optimization, or related parts ...

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The Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal recognizes excellence in published research on marine or freshwater algae. The award is presented every three years and consists of a gold-plated bronze medal and a ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academy of Sciences will honor 19 individuals with awards recognizing their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological, ...

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 ...

Six NAS members have received 2026 Kavi Prizes, announced this week by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Eva Andrei, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, and Allan MacDonald were awarded the Kavli Prize ...

Four NAS members have been announced as 2026 Breakthrough Prize Laureates. Jean Bennett and Katherine High have been awarded the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences alongside Albert Maguire “for ...

James Elser is Bierman Professor of Ecology of the University of Montana and since March 2016 has been Director of UM’s Flathead Lake Biological Station at Yellow Bay. He also holds a part-time ...

The memorial to Albert Einstein, situated in an elm and holly grove in the southwest corner of the Academy grounds, was unveiled at the Academy's annual meeting, April 22, 1979, in honor of the ...