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Overdeck is Co-Chairman of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/https://www.twosigma.com/" target="_blank">Two Sigma Investments, LLC</a>, a systematic investment manager, founded with the goal of applying cutting-edge technology to the data-rich world of finance, based in New York.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title-1"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/overdeck-appointment">Read More >></a></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/crone-membership"><span class="date-display-single">11/12/2015</span></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/crone-membership">New Membership in Near Eastern Studies Created in Honor of Patricia Crone </a></h2></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image views-press-release-image"> <div class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211im_/https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_plus/public/images/Untitled1_1.png?itok=WQWrSDrn" width="120" height="94" alt="" title="Patricia Crone"/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>PRESS CONTACT: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/mailto:cferrara@ias.edu">Christine Ferrara</a>, (609) 734-8239</p> <p>A new Membership has been established in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in honor of Patricia Crone, Professor Emerita in the School, who <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/crone-obituary" target="_blank">died</a> in July after a courageous fight against cancer. A <strong>Patricia Crone Membership </strong>has been created with Crone’s generous designation of a significant portion of her estate to support a visiting scholar in Near Eastern studies, an area that she helped to build and strengthen at the Institute during her tenure. Gifts made to the Institute in Crone’s memory will be added to the Patricia Crone Fund.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title-1"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/crone-membership">Read More >></a></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/rubenstein-commons"><span class="date-display-single">11/09/2015</span></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/rubenstein-commons">David Rubenstein Donates $20 Million for New Building at the Institute for Advanced Study</a></h2></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image views-press-release-image"> <div class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211im_/https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_plus/public/images/Screen%20Shot%202015-11-09%20at%2010.18.07%20AM.png?itok=ArKZAwQs" width="79" height="120" alt="" title="David M. Rubenstein"/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>PRESS CONTACT: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/mailto:cferrara@ias.edu">Christine Ferrara</a>, (609) 734-8239</p> <p><strong>Rubenstein Commons will be a Vital Catalyst for Intellectual and Social Exchange on the Institute Campus</strong></p> <p>A $20 million gift to the Institute for Advanced Study from businessman and philanthropist <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/https://carlyle.com/about-carlyle/team/david-m-rubenstein">David M. Rubenstein</a>, </strong>a Trustee of the Institute, will have a transformative impact on intellectual and communal life at one of the world’s leading centers for fundamental research. This donation from Mr. Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/https://carlyle.com/">The Carlyle Group</a>, will support the creation of a new building on the Institute campus to be known as the <strong>Rubenstein Commons. </strong>The Commons is conceived as a welcoming and flexible environment for interaction among the permanent Faculty and visiting scholars, and will greatly enhance the Institute’s role as a convener of academic thought and activities across the sciences, humanities and social sciences. The gift also helped to ensure the successful completion of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/capital-campaign-2015">Campaign for the Institute</a>, which concluded on June 30.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title-1"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/rubenstein-commons">Read More >></a></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/gr100-announcement"><span class="date-display-single">10/21/2015</span></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/gr100-announcement">General Relativity at 100: Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University Celebrate the Enduring Reach, Power and Mysteries of Einstein’s Theory</a></h2></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image views-press-release-image"> <div class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211im_/https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_plus/public/images/Screen%20Shot%202015-10-21%20at%2012.40.14%20PM.png?itok=hsBT_9aO" width="120" height="110" alt=""/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>PRESS CONTACT: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/mailto:cferrara@ias.edu">Christine Ferrara</a>, (609) 734-8239</p> <p>Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, a pillar of modern physics formulated 100 years ago, will be celebrated by the Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University in a two-day conference, <strong>General Relativity at 100</strong>. The conference, which will feature ten colloquium-style talks by international experts on diverse aspects of general relativity and its fascinating history—from cosmology to quantum gravity, from black holes to neutron stars—will take place in Wolfensohn Hall on the Institute’s campus on <strong>November 5–6</strong>. The conference will also celebrate the seminal role of Princeton physicists, particularly John Wheeler and Bob Dicke and their students, in advancing an examination of general relativity. </p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title-1"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/gr100-announcement">Read More >></a></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/haslam-publiclecture"><span class="date-display-single">10/14/2015</span></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/haslam-publiclecture">Jonathan Haslam to Lecture on Vladimir Putin and Post-Soviet Russia</a></h2></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image views-press-release-image"> <div class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211im_/https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_plus/public/images/Screen%20Shot%202015-10-14%20at%205.20.29%20PM.png?itok=x-ciEYpf" width="120" height="73" alt="" title="Vladimir Putin. Photo courtesy of www.kremlin.ru"/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>PRESS CONTACT: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/mailto:aaltman@ias.edu">Alexandra Altman</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/tel:(609) 951-4406">(609) 951-4406</a></p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/people/faculty-and-emeriti/haslam" target="_blank">Jonathan Haslam</a>, George F. Kennan Professor in the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/https://www.hs.ias.edu/" target="_blank">School of Historical Studies</a> at the Institute for Advanced Study, will give a public lecture, <strong>“<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/haslam-lecture" target="_blank">Do We Understand Putin’s Russia?</a></strong>,<strong>”</strong> on <strong>Friday, October 30</strong>, which will take place at <strong>5:30 p.m.</strong> in <strong>Wolfensohn Hall</strong> on the Institute campus.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title-1"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/haslam-publiclecture">Read More >></a></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/capital-campaign-2015"><span class="date-display-single">10/01/2015</span></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/capital-campaign-2015">Institute for Advanced Study Successfully Concludes $212 Million Capital Campaign</a></h2></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image views-press-release-image"> <div class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211im_/https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_plus/public/images/Press-Release-InfoGraphic.png?itok=at-P7SoD" width="120" height="82" alt="" title="The total $212 million given during the course of the Campaign strengthens the Institute in a variety of ways."/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>PRESS CONTACT: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/mailto:aaltman@ias.edu">Alexandra Altman</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/tel:(609) 951-4406">(609) 951-4406</a></p> <p>The Institute for Advanced Study has successfully completed the <strong>$212 million Campaign for the Institute</strong>, propelled by the $100 million challenge grant from the Simons Foundation and the Charles and Lisa Simonyi Fund for Arts and Sciences, launched on January 1, 2011. An additional $112 million in support has been raised over the past four-and-a-half-years, which renews the Institute’s financial foundation and further strengthens its impact as one of the world’s beacons for curiosity-driven research.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title-1"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/capital-campaign-2015">Read More >></a></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/air-201516"><span class="date-display-single">9/24/2015</span></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/air-201516">Institute for Advanced Study Announces 2015–16 Edward T. Cone Concert Series</a></h2></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image views-press-release-image"> <div class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211im_/https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_plus/public/images/Screen%20Shot%202015-09-24%20at%201.47.37%20PM.png?itok=mwhYAbIu" width="120" height="85" alt="" title="American Brass Quintet will perform at the Institute on October 16 and 17."/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>PRESS CONTACT: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/mailto:aaltman@ias.edu">Alexandra Altman</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/tel:(609) 951-4406">(609) 951-4406</a></p> <p>Sebastian Currier, Artist-in-Residence at the Institute for Advanced Study, has announced the performers for the <strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/http://www.ias.edu/special/air/music" target="_blank">2015–16 Edward T. Cone Concert Series</a></strong>. In his third and final season as Artist-in-Residence, Currier will present eminent ensembles performing both traditional and contemporary works.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title-1"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/air-201516">Read More >></a></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/SPSS"><span class="date-display-single">9/10/2015</span></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/SPSS">Institute for Advanced Study Launches Global Outreach Program in Social Science</a></h2></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image views-press-release-image"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>PRESS CONTACT: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/mailto:aaltman@ias.edu">Alexandra Altman</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/tel:(609) 951-4406">(609) 951-4406</a></p> <p>The Institute for Advanced Study, in collaboration with the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris, and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala, is hosting the inaugural <strong>Summer Program in Social Science </strong>on August 30 through September 11. The global outreach program convenes junior scholars in sociology, anthropology, history, geography, economics, law, political science and literary studies from Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. </p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title-1"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/SPSS">Read More >></a></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/pitp2015"><span class="date-display-single">7/16/2015</span></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/pitp2015">Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University to Co-Host 2015 Theoretical Physics Program </a></h2></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image views-press-release-image"> <div class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211im_/https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_plus/public/images/Screen%20Shot%202015-07-16%20at%204.15.31%20PM.png?itok=TbOSmx_c" width="120" height="79" alt="" title="Nima Arkani-Hamed, Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, gives a lecture on the amplituhedron. Photo by Amy Ramsey."/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>PRESS CONTACT: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/mailto:aaltman@ias.edu">Alexandra Altman</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/tel:(609) 951-4406">(609) 951-4406</a></p> <p>The Institute for Advanced Study and Princeton University will cohost the 2015 <strong>Prospects in Theoretical Physics</strong> program on July 20 to 31, which convenes graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from around the world to explore “<strong>New Insights About Quantum Matter</strong>.” The fourteenth annual Prospects in Theoretical Physics program will be offered as a joint program in conjunction with the eleventh annual Princeton Summer School on Condensed Matter Physics.</p> </div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title-1"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/pitp2015">Read More >></a></span> </div> </div> <div class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field views-field-view-node"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/crone-obituary"><span class="date-display-single">7/15/2015</span></a></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><h2><a href="/web/20151121164211/https://www.ias.edu/crone-obituary">Patricia Crone 1945–2015</a></h2></span> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-field-image views-press-release-image"> <div class="field-content"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211im_/https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_plus/public/images/Screen%20Shot%202015-07-15%20at%203.39.21%20PM.png?itok=phWCalVQ" width="120" height="103" alt="" title="Patricia Crone at the honorary doctorate ceremony at Leiden University in 2013. Photo courtesy of Leiden University"/></div> </div> <div class="views-field views-field-body"> <div class="field-content"><p>PRESS CONTACT: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/mailto:cferrara@ias.edu">Christine Ferrara</a>, (609) 734-8239 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151121164211/mailto:aaltman@ias.edu">Alexandra Altman</a>, (609) 951-4406</p> <p>PRINCETON, N.J., July 15, 2015 – <strong>Patricia Crone</strong>, whose pioneering and innovative approach to the history of Islam has brought about lasting change in the field, died at the age of 70 on July 11 in Princeton, New Jersey, after a courageous fight against cancer. She was Professor Emerita in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, where she served as the Andrew W. 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