A presentation of awards and prizes: 1) Jacques Barzun Prize (Sarah E. Igo );2) Karl Spencer Lashley Award (Wolfram Schultz);3) Patrick Suppes Prize (Peter Godfrey-Smith);4) Thomas Jefferson Medal (Jane Goodall);5) Jonathan E. Rhoads Medal for Distinguished Service to Medicine (Mina Jahan Bissell)
Dr. Catherine Dulac, Dr. Kathy Eden, Professor Annette Gordon-Reed, Dr. Martin Jay, Dr. Jonathan Lear, Dr. Fernando Pereira, Dr. Patrick Spero, Professor Patricia J. Williams, Dr. Kamaljit S. Bawa, Dr. Karine Chemla, Dr. Jennifer Higdon, Dr. Jakob Lothe, Dr. Nancy Weiss Malkiel, Dr. Roger B. Myerson, Dr. Helen R. Quinn, Dr. Sara Seager, and Mr. David M. Rubenstein are admitted to the society and sign the members' book
Dr. Bissell talks about the processes in developemental biology. How are tumors like organs? Why do our organs and other body parts "know" to stop growing?; Further reading: Nature Medicine volume 17 (2011). pages 320–329.
Mark Moffett gives an overview of his book by the same title. He argues that societies have been the focal point throughout human history. He also contends that animals, such as meerkats, also create societies.; Further reading: The Human Swarm: how our societies arise, thrive, and fall (London : Apollo Library, 2019)
John Barry gives a lecture regarding the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. He details how faulty public policy combined with poverty made for a particularly destructive pandemic.; Further reading: The Great Influenza: the story of the deadliest pandemic in history (New York : Penguin Books, 2018)
Bunzel explains how the Jihadi movement has appropriated the philosophical Wahhabism. He shows that many people in the Muslim world do not aline themselves with Wahhabism or the Jihadi movement, but the movement remains a state building enterprise.
Margaret Jacob's lecture focuses on the Enlightenment of the 18th century of Europe. How did Christianity, Judaism, and Islam respond to this major intellectual movement?; Further reading: Jacobs, M. The Enlightenment : a brief history with documents (St. Martin's: 2001)
Dr. Palese explains why we don't have a flu vaccine. He starts with vaccine skeptism history from small pox to the influenza epidemic.; Further reading: Is a Universal Influenza Virus Vaccine Possible? Annual Review of Medicine. (2020 Jan 27, Vol 71) pp. 315-327
