• Current IAS Residential Faculty Fellow Rachel Hardeman (Health Policy & Management) spoke to NPR about the impact police violence is having on pregnant Black women and their babies.

Join the IAS for four conversations on environmental stewardship, culminating in our final IAS Thursday event of the semester!

• Current IAS Residential Faculty Fellow Rachel Hardeman, PhD, MPH (Health Policy & Management, School of Public Health) has been honored with the Planned Parenthood Courage Award. Her work illustrates and examines racism as a public health crisis. Congratulations, Rachel! 

Karen Kinoshita is retiring from the University on October 6, 2020. For the many faculty, students, staff, and visitors who have passed through the IAS, Karen has been the first person they encountered at the Institute. The IAS’s reputation for being a welcoming and supportive place is in no small way thanks to Karen, who joined the staff in December 2005, three months after the IAS first opened its doors.

A timely event series focusing on Polarization and Identities.

The six-part 2020–2021 series focuses on polarization and identities, inspired by both the 2020 presidential election and the polarization that has appeared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In an academic year that includes an election, and in an environment in which conversations across different identities and ideologies are becoming increasingly contentious, we hope to model ways to create meaningful dialogue about these difficult-but-important topics for our students and community.

The Humanities Without Walls initiative has been awarded a $5 million grant renewal from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The Institute for Advanced Study is coordinating proposals from the University of Minnesota for the new Mellon Just Futures Initiative. Grants of up to $5 million for 2–3 years are available.

The Institute for Advanced Study invites applications for a two-year appointment for an early-career scholar as part of the Environmental Stewardship, Place, and Community Initiative funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Join the IAS on Thursday afternoons for our eclectic, wide-ranging, discussion series designed for scholars from all walks of life. 

Due to COVID-19, this season’s events will be held virtually*, via Zoom. All events will take place at 3:30 p.m. Additional details about each event, including Zoom registration details, can be found on our events calendar.