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Rubenstein to be Awarded Eisenhower Medal </a></h2><div class="teaser-full-width__subtitle"><div class="field field--name-field-post-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-02-19T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 19, 2025</time></div></div></div></div><div class="teaser-full-width__right"><div class="teaser-full-width__summary field-ias-teaser"><p dir="ltr">David Rubenstein, <a href="https://www.ias.edu/about/trustees">Trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study</a> since 2005, will be conferred the highest honor from Eisenhower Fellowships for his philanthropic generosity, innovative leadership, and commitment to serving others.</p></div><a href="/news/trustee-david-m-rubenstein-be-awarded-eisenhower-medal" class="button button--small button--gold" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> Read More </a></div></article></span></div></div><div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-rendered-entity"><span class="field-content"><article class="node teaser-full-width node--type-article"><div class="teaser-full-width__left"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser"><a href="/news/mathematician-who-makes-best-things" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/Figalli%20ItM.png?itok=CbyxMy65" width="288" height="193" alt="Alessio Figalli" class="image-style-teaser" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><div class="teaser-full-width__middle"><div class="teaser-full-width__flag"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/science/mathematics-figalli-optimal-transport.html#:~:text=Alessio%20Figalli%20studies%20optimal%20transport,to%20the%20workings%20of%20chatbots.&text=The%20words%20%E2%80%9Coptimal%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9C,make%20the%20best%20of%20things.%E2%80%9D">The New York Times</a></div><h2 class="teaser-full-width__label"><a href="/news/mathematician-who-makes-best-things"> A Mathematician Who Makes the Best of Things </a></h2><div class="teaser-full-width__subtitle"><div class="field field--name-field-post-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-02-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 14, 2025</time></div></div></div></div><div class="teaser-full-width__right"><div class="teaser-full-width__summary field-ias-teaser"><p><a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/alessio-figalli">Alessio Figalli</a>, Member in the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/math">School of Mathematics</a>, investigates optimal transport, a field with deep theoretical roots and far-reaching applications, including to machine learning. Figalli recently sat down with frequent Director's Visitor <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/siobhan-roberts">Siobhan Roberts</a> for a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/science/mathematics-figalli-optimal-transport.html"><em>The New York Times</em></a> interview about his work, which also touched on the importance of free thinking in research.</p></div><a href="/news/mathematician-who-makes-best-things" class="button button--small button--gold" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> Read More </a></div></article></span></div></div><div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-rendered-entity"><span class="field-content"><article class="node teaser-full-width node--type-article"><div class="teaser-full-width__left"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser"><a href="/news/prominent-aerial-archaeologist-appointed-member-order-australia" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image 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href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/david-leslie-kennedy">David Leslie Kennedy</a>, Member (1986–87, 2004) and frequent Visitor in the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/hs">School of Historical Studies</a>, was appointed as a <a href="https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2025-01/Australia%20Day%202025%20Honours%20List%20-%20Order%20of%20Australia%20Awards.pdf">Member of the Order of Australia</a> for his "significant service to archaeology as a researcher and academic." </p></div><a href="/news/prominent-aerial-archaeologist-appointed-member-order-australia" class="button button--small button--gold" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> Read More </a></div></article></span></div></div><div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-rendered-entity"><span class="field-content"><article class="node teaser-full-width node--type-article"><div class="teaser-full-width__left"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser"><a href="/news/past-ias-director-robbert-dijkgraaf-appointed-president-elect-international-science-council" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/Dijkgraaf%20ICS.png?itok=x7baydcd" width="288" height="193" alt="Dijkgraaf ICS" class="image-style-teaser" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><div class="teaser-full-width__middle"><div class="teaser-full-width__flag"><a href="/news?type=news">IAS News</a></div><h2 class="teaser-full-width__label"><a href="/news/past-ias-director-robbert-dijkgraaf-appointed-president-elect-international-science-council"> Past IAS Director Robbert Dijkgraaf Appointed President-Elect of the International Science Council </a></h2><div class="teaser-full-width__subtitle"><div class="field field--name-field-post-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-02-06T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 06, 2025</time></div></div></div></div><div class="teaser-full-width__right"><div class="teaser-full-width__summary field-ias-teaser"><p><a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/dijkgraaf">Robbert Dijkgraaf</a>, IAS Director and Leon Levy Professor (2012–22), has been elected to lead the International Science Council’s advancement and advocacy efforts to confront today’s most critical scientific challenges. </p></div><a href="/news/past-ias-director-robbert-dijkgraaf-appointed-president-elect-international-science-council" class="button button--small button--gold" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> Read More </a></div></article></span></div></div><div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-rendered-entity"><span class="field-content"><article class="node teaser-full-width node--type-article"><div class="teaser-full-width__left"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser"><a 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class="teaser-full-width__summary field-ias-teaser"><p>This month, an effort to unite three astrophysical research communities who exploit common techniques to understand waves in gaseous disks, galaxies, and stars was made by three scholars from the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/sns">School of Natural Sciences</a>. John N. Bahcall Fellow <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/chris-hamilton">Chris Hamilton</a> and Members <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/callum-w-fairbairn">Callum W. Fairbairn</a> and <a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/uddipan-banik">Uddipan Banik</a> organized a workshop titled IAStrophysical Waves, at which over thirty astrophysicists from across the globe were in attendance.</p></div><a href="/news/ias-waves-workshop-makes-splash" class="button button--small button--gold" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> Read More </a></div></article></span></div></div><div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-rendered-entity"><span class="field-content"><article class="node teaser-full-width node--type-article"><div class="teaser-full-width__left"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser"><a href="/news/ias-scholar-secures-major-grant-groundbreaking-ancient-portrait-study" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/Option4%20%281%29.png?itok=-lbTwwf7" width="288" height="193" alt="Rubina Raja Locally Crafted Empires" class="image-style-teaser" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><div class="teaser-full-width__middle"><div class="teaser-full-width__flag"><a href="/news?type=news">IAS News</a></div><h2 class="teaser-full-width__label"><a href="/news/ias-scholar-secures-major-grant-groundbreaking-ancient-portrait-study"> IAS Scholar Secures Major Grant for Groundbreaking Ancient Portrait Study </a></h2><div class="teaser-full-width__subtitle"><div class="field field--name-field-post-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-01-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 21, 2025</time></div></div></div></div><div class="teaser-full-width__right"><div class="teaser-full-width__summary field-ias-teaser"><p><a href="https://www.ias.edu/scholars/rubina-raja">Rubina Raja</a>, Member (2019) in the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/hs">School of Historical Studies</a>, has received a <a href="https://www.carlsbergfondet.dk/en/applicant/semper-ardens-advance/">Semper Ardens Advance grant</a> from the Carlsberg Foundation for her groundbreaking project titled <a href="https://www.carlsbergfondet.dk/det-har-vi-stoettet/cf24-1040/">Locally Crafted Empires (LoCiS)</a>. The project, set to launch in the summer of 2025, will contribute a comprehensive and diachronic study of local portrait cultures in ancient West Asia.</p></div><a href="/news/ias-scholar-secures-major-grant-groundbreaking-ancient-portrait-study" class="button button--small button--gold" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"> Read More </a></div></article></span></div></div><div class="views-row"><div class="views-field views-field-rendered-entity"><span class="field-content"><article class="node teaser-full-width node--type-article"><div class="teaser-full-width__left"><div><figure class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-teaser"><a href="/news/past-ias-scholars-honored-2025-american-mathematical-society-awards" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/AMS%20Awards%202025.png?itok=gvA4i9_s" width="288" height="193" alt="AMS Awards 2025" class="image-style-teaser" /></div></div></a></figure></div></div><div class="teaser-full-width__middle"><div class="teaser-full-width__flag"><a href="/news?type=news">IAS News</a></div><h2 class="teaser-full-width__label"><a href="/news/past-ias-scholars-honored-2025-american-mathematical-society-awards"> Past IAS Scholars Honored in 2025 American Mathematical Society Awards </a></h2><div class="teaser-full-width__subtitle"><div class="field field--name-field-post-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden"><div class="field__item"><time datetime="2025-01-17T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 17, 2025</time></div></div></div></div><div class="teaser-full-width__right"><div class="teaser-full-width__summary field-ias-teaser"><p>Ten past IAS scholars from the <a href="https://www.ias.edu/math">School of Mathematics</a> have been named as recipients in the <a href="https://www.ams.org/grants-awards/prizes-awards/prize-award-recipients">2025 American Mathematical Society (AMS) Awards</a>. The work for which the scholars were recognized ranged from topics in algebraic geometry to contributions to the Langlands program. 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