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class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-vxabhuf716zj" data-node="vxabhuf716zj"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p>The Academy is presenting its <a href="https://www.nasonline.org/news/2025-public-welfare-recipient-announced/"><strong>2025 Public Welfare Medal</strong></a> to <strong><a href="https://www.nasonline.org/directory-entry/mary-claire-king-qlvvpo/">Mary-Claire King</a></strong> for her pioneering genetic research and its transformative application to human rights. Her groundbreaking use of mitochondrial DNA reunited families who were victims of Argentina’s “Dirty War” during the 1970s and 1980s, advanced forensic genetics worldwide, and illustrated the power of science in promoting justice and public welfare. The medal is the Academy’s most prestigious award, established in 1914 and presented annually to honor extraordinary use of science for the public good.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-button fl-node-hgt6bjz8nr4a alt-simple-button" data-node="hgt6bjz8nr4a"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-button-wrap fl-button-width-auto fl-button-left"> <a href="https://www.nasonline.org/news/2025-public-welfare-recipient-announced/" target="_blank" class="fl-button" rel="noopener" > <span class="fl-button-text">Learn More</span> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col fl-node-usqtrga5j8y0 fl-col-bg-photo fl-col-small fl-col-small-full-width fl-col-small-custom-width river-image-col" data-node="usqtrga5j8y0"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-row fl-row-full-width fl-row-bg-none fl-node-i7nxsk3zrmql fl-row-default-height fl-row-align-center bg-light" data-node="i7nxsk3zrmql"> <div class="fl-row-content-wrap"> <div class="fl-row-content fl-row-fixed-width fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-zpcx7v6queto" data-node="zpcx7v6queto"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-srvpu6fwybtj fl-col-bg-color content-section-intro" data-node="srvpu6fwybtj"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"><div class="fl-module fl-module-heading fl-node-8jc0tun2km5l" data-node="8jc0tun2km5l"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <h2 class="fl-heading"> <span class="fl-heading-text">2025 Award Recipients</span> </h2> </div> </div> <div class="fl-module fl-module-rich-text fl-node-q8ab5emv3st0 max-750 centered" data-node="q8ab5emv3st0"> <div class="fl-module-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-rich-text"> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-270883" src="https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Group-600x450.jpg" alt="2025 Awards Recipients" width="600" height="450" srcset="https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Group-600x450.jpg 600w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Group-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Group-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Group-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Group.jpg 1600w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></p> <p style="text-align: center;"> The recipients will be honored in a ceremony on Sunday, April 27 during the National Academy of Sciences’ 162nd annual meeting. <strong><a href="https://nasonline.swoogo.com/nas162_awards/7558066">The ceremony will be livestreamed</a></strong>. They are recognized for their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological, social, and medical</p> <p style="text-align: center;">The ceremony will include a presentation by the <a href="https://www.nasonline.org/news/2025-public-welfare-medal-recipient-announced/"><strong>2025 Public Welfare Medalist Mary-Claire King</strong></a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-89x5tnkfrujz" data-node="89x5tnkfrujz"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-782mudw9osiv fl-col-bg-color fl-col-has-cols content-section-intro" data-node="782mudw9osiv"> <div class="fl-col-content fl-node-content"> <div class="fl-col-group fl-node-i9mswk37xypa fl-col-group-nested fl-col-group-equal-height fl-col-group-align-bottom fl-col-group-custom-width" data-node="i9mswk37xypa"> <div class="fl-col fl-node-f7uzrl9hgy1d fl-col-bg-color fl-col-small-custom-width content-col" data-node="f7uzrl9hgy1d"> 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src="https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-Arctowski-2-scaled.jpg" alt="Arctowski Medal" srcset="https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-Arctowski-2-scaled.jpg 2400w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-Arctowski-2-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-Arctowski-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-Arctowski-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-Arctowski-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-Arctowski-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px" /></a></div> <div class="fl-slide-foreground clearfix"> <div class="fl-slide-content-wrap"><div class="fl-slide-content"><div class="fl-slide-text"><h5>Arctowski Medal</h5> </div></div></div><div class="fl-slide-photo-wrap"><div class="fl-slide-photo"><a 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class="fl-slide-foreground clearfix"> <div class="fl-slide-content-wrap"><div class="fl-slide-content"><div class="fl-slide-text"><h5>Henry Draper Medal</h5> </div></div></div><div class="fl-slide-photo-wrap"><div class="fl-slide-photo"><a href="https://www.nasonline.org/award/henry-draper-medal/" target="_self"><img decoding="async" width="2400" height="1600" loading='false' class="fl-slide-photo-img wp-image-6454" src="https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-NAS-Henry-Draper-scaled.jpg" alt="Henry Draper Medal" srcset="https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-NAS-Henry-Draper-scaled.jpg 2400w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-NAS-Henry-Draper-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-NAS-Henry-Draper-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-NAS-Henry-Draper-768x512.jpg 768w, 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https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-James-Prize-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-James-Prize-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-James-Prize-2048x1365.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 2400px) 100vw, 2400px" /></a></div> <div class="fl-slide-foreground clearfix"> <div class="fl-slide-content-wrap"><div class="fl-slide-content"><div class="fl-slide-text"><h5>James Prize in Science and Technology Integration</h5> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="fl-slide-photo-wrap"><div class="fl-slide-photo"><a href="https://www.nasonline.org/award/james-prize-in-science-and-technology-integration/" target="_self"><img decoding="async" width="2400" height="1600" loading='false' class="fl-slide-photo-img wp-image-6451" src="https://www.nasonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Banner-James-Prize-scaled.jpg" alt="James Prize" 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Day Prize and Lectureship<br /> Honored for his contributions to understanding the Earth’s past climate through high precision dating of ice cores and for his elucidation of the physical and chemical processes that govern the accumulation of ice and its movement in glaciers and ice streams.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fSPq0swW3mg?start=1&autoplay=1"><strong>Sabeeha Merchant</strong></a>, 2006 Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal<br /> Honored for her pioneering discoveries in the assembly of metalloenzymes and the regulated biogenesis of major complexes of the photosynthetic apparatus in green algae.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lIe-ca-BVLM?start=1&autoplay=1"><strong>Rodolphe Barrangou</strong></a>, 2018 NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences<br /> Honored for his discovery of the genetic mechanisms and proteins driving CRISPR systems and their applications in food and agriculture, including virus resistance in the yogurt starter culture Streptococcus thermophilus and with the potential for translational genome editing in other microbes, crop plants and livestock.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gVHjP30OylA?start=1&autoplay=1"><strong>Joseph L. 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