A presentation of awards: 1) Jacques Barzun Prize (Howard Y. Chang);2) Karl Spencer Lashley Award (Edvard and May-Britt Moser);3) The Magellanic Premium Medal (Alar Toomre)
Dr. Susan T. Fiske, Dr. John G. Hildebrand, Dr. Michael S. McPherson, Dr. Sarah B. Pomeroy, and Dr. Moshe Sharon are admitted to the society and sign the members' book
Dr. Eshel Ben-Jacob, Sir Angus Deaton, Dr. Inez Y. Fung, Dr. Julia Hirschberg, and Dr. Glenn D. Lowry are admitted to the society and sign the members' book
Dr. Leslie C. Aiello, Dr. Pierre Hohenberg, Professor Robert James Miller, Miller, Robert James, 1951-, Mr. Richard B. Worley, and Dr. Richard J. Tarrant are admitted to the society and sign the members' book
; ; Professor Gray discusses the future of solar energy science and industries.; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 159, No. 4 (December 2015), pp. 361-366
; ; The 2014 Herman Heine Goldstine Lecture is given by Genevieve Bell. She presents the challenges with which she was presented when she started working at Intel. What do people care about and how can we use that to shape new technology?
Marina Abramovic and Doug Aitken are among the most daring and innovative artists to explore new ways of thinking about art and museums. They will be joined by Glenn D. Lowry in a conversation about their work, which has ranged from long-duration performance to a nationwide rolling “museum,” and the different ways contemporary art and the museum can, and must, engage each other.
Paul Freedman opens the symposium on food culture. He makes a distinction between food culture and food science. Who gets to eat first? Who prepares the food?
; ; Charlotte Greenspan discusses Richard Rodgers. What was his influence on American musical theater? How did his collaboration with Hammerstein and Hart work?
; ; Linda Greenhouse reads Howard Gardner's written opening remarks for the symosium on collaboration.; Further reading: The Journal of Aesthetic Education Vol. 22, No. 1, Special Issue: Art, Mind, and Education (Spring, 1988), pp. 157-167