By Susan Gonzalez
April 26, 2021
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Top row: Bergemann, Breaker, Brown, Cao, Casey; Middle row: Hansen, Horwich, Huber, Iwasaki; Bottom row: Johnson, Sigworth, Spielman, Tanner, Washington
Fourteen Yale faculty members who work across a range of disciplines last week were among the 252 accomplished individuals elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Those elected are “extraordinary people who help solve the world’s most urgent challenges, create meaning through art, and contribute to the common good,” said the academy in announcing the new members, who include artists, scholars, scientists, and leaders in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors.
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Honoring Excellence, Electing New Members: Announcement from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
April 22, 2021 GMT
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The American Academy of Arts & Sciences announces today the election of 252 new members.
The Academy was established in 1780 by the country’s founders to provide guidance to a young nation that would face challenges and need expertise and excellence to emerge stronger. While the founders did not anticipate a year with a historic pandemic, overdue racial reckoning, and political strife, the purpose of electing new members is more compelling than ever.
By Greg Larson
March 31, 2021
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Philipp Strack
Today’s digital economy is blurring the boundaries between computer science and economics in Silicon Valley, on Wall Street, and increasingly on university campuses.
Yale undergraduates interested in both fields can pursue the Computer Science and Economics (CSEC) interdepartmental degree program, which launched in fall 2019, with coursework covering topics such as machine learning and computational finance.
Philipp Strack, CSEC’s inaugural director of undergraduate studies, is comfortable straddling multiple disciplines. With an academic background in economics and mathematics, his research reflects this broad and interdisciplinary outlook ranging from behavioral economics and neuroscience to auction design, market design, optimization, and pure probability theory.