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April 12, 2024 - G7 Science Academies Call on Governments to Take Action on Artificial Intelligence, Nuclear Arms Control, and Social Inequalities and Poverty
March 12, 2024 - PNAS Announces Six 2023 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
February 15, 2024 - National Academy of Sciences Elects Treasurer and Councilors
January 24, 2024 - Nancy Hopkins to Receive Public Welfare Medal – Academy's Most Prestigious Award
January 22, 2024 - Academy Honors 20 for Major Contributions to Science
August 28, 2023 - Science Academies Urge Action by G20 Nations on Clean Energy, Universal and Holistic Health, and Connections Between Science and Culture
May 2, 2023 - National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members
March 21, 2023 - PNAS Announces Six 2022 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
February 22, 2023 - Election of NAS Home Secretary and Councilors
January 26, 2023 - Freeman A. Hrabowski, III to Receive Public Welfare Medal – Academy's Most Prestigious Award
January 23, 2023 - Academy Honors 16 for Major Contributions to Science
November 22, 2022 - Yannis C. Yortsos of the University of Southern California Named PNAS Nexus Editor-in-Chief
May 3, 2022 - National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members
March 15, 2022 - PNAS Announces Six 2021 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
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January 1, 2022 - Test Release Listing Title
March 2, 2022 - The National Academy of Sciences’ new open access journal, PNAS Nexus, publishes its first content
February 10, 2022 - Marcia McNutt Reelected President of the National Academy of Sciences; International Secretary and Councilors Also Elected
January 26, 2022 - John P. Holdren to Receive Public Welfare Medal – Academy's Most Prestigious Award
January 24, 2022 - Academy Honors 18 for Major Contributions to Science
August 3, 2021 - PNAS and the University of California Announce Open Access Publishing Agreement
July 7, 2021 - PNAS announces “Publish-and-Read” agreement with Jisc
April 26, 2021 - National Academy of Sciences Elects New Members — Including a Record Number of Women — and International Members
March 15, 2021 - PNAS Announces Six 2020 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
February 17, 2021 - National Academy of Sciences Elects Vice President and Councilors
January 25, 2021 - Anthony S. Fauci to Receive Public Welfare Medal – Academy's Most Prestigious Award
January 21, 2021 - Academy Honors 20 for Major Contributions to Science
January 19, 2021 - 2021 Allon Klein and Aviv Regev to Receive James Prize in Science and Technology Integration
- NAS Establishes New James Prize in Science and Technology Integration
May 28, 2020 - ‘G-Science’ Academies Release Statements on Basic Research, Digital Health, and Declines in Global Insect Populations
April 27, 2020 - National Academy of Sciences Elects New Members
March 10, 2020 - PNAS Announces Six 2019 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
February 20, 2020 - National Academy of Sciences Elects Treasurer and Councilors
January 30, 2020 - Frank Press, Former President of the National Academy of Sciences, Dies at Age 95
January 27, 2020 - Kathleen Hall Jamieson to Receive Public Welfare Medal – Academy's Most Prestigious Award
January 22, 2020 - Academy Honors 15 for Major Contributions to Science
January 21, 2020 - Larry Guth to Receive the 2020 Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics from the National Academy of Sciences
June 3, 2019 - NAS Members Approve a Bylaw Amendment to Permit Rescinding Membership
April 30, 2019 - Amendment to NAS Bylaws to Permit Rescinding Membership Now Moving to Vote by Full Membership
April 30, 2019 - National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and Foreign Associates; Historic Number of Women Elected to Its Membership
March 7, 2019 - PNAS Announces Six 2018 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
February 13, 2019 - National Academy of Sciences Elects Home Secretary and Councilors
January 28, 2019 - Agnes Kalibata to Receive Public Welfare Medal – Academy's Most Prestigious Award
January 23, 2019 - Academy Honors 18 for Major Contributions to Science
October 26, 2018 - May R. Berenbaum of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Named PNAS Editor-in-Chief
May 1, 2018 - National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected
February 27, 2018 - PNAS Announces Six 2017 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
February 21, 2018 - National Academy of Sciences Elects Foreign Secretary and Councilors
February 14, 2018 - NAS Announces the Launch of the LabX Public Engagement Program
January 22, 2018 - Paul Farmer to Receive Public Welfare Medal – National Academy of Sciences’ Most Prestigious Award
January 17, 2018 - Academy Honors 19 for Major Contributions to Science
January 16, 2018 - Prasad Raghavendra, David Steurer to Receive Inaugural Michael and Sheila Held Prize From the National Academy of Sciences
July 14, 2017 - NAS Announces Awards for Building Capacity for Science Communication Partnerships
May 2, 2017 - National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected
May 1, 2017 - NAS President Marcia McNutt Delivers Her First Annual Address to Members
March 8, 2017 - National Academy of Sciences Elects Vice President and Councilors
March 2, 2017 - PNAS Announces Six 2016 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
January 30, 2017 - Jane Lubchenco to Receive Public Welfare Medal – Academy's Most Prestigious Award
January 26, 2017 - Academy Honors Eight for Major Contributions in Earth and Space Science
January 25, 2017 - Academy Honors Four for Major Contributions in Neuroscience, Psychology, and Criminology
January 24, 2017 - Academy Honors Five for Major Contributions in Physical Science and Engineering
January 23, 2017 - Academy Honors Four for Major Contributions in Biological, Medical, and Agricultural Sciences
November 7, 2016 - Ralph J. Cicerone, NAS President 2005-2016
October 10, 2016 - NAS Members Receive Nobel Prize
July 13, 2016 - NAS Announces New Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
March 1, 2016 - PNAS Announces Six 2015 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
February 16, 2016 - Marcia McNutt Elected 22nd NAS President; New Treasurer, Council Members Chosen
January 27, 2016 - Alan Alda to Receive Public Welfare Medal – Academy's Most Prestigious Award
January 21, 2016 - Academy Honors Six for Major Contributions in Biological, Medical, and Agricultural Sciences
January 20, 2016 - Academy Honors Four for Major Contributions in Physical and Earth and Space Sciences
January 19, 2016 - Academy Honors Six for Major Contributions in Neuroscience, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
July 6, 2015 - Marcia K. McNutt Nominated to be Next National Academy of Sciences President
April 28, 2015 - National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Assoicates Elected
April 28, 2015 - Institute of Medicine to Become National Academy of Medicine
February 27, 2015 - PNAS Announces Six 2014 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
February 26, 2015 - Neil deGrasse Tyson to Receive Public Welfare Medal – Academy's Most Prestigious Award
February 5, 2015 - National Academy of Sciences Elects Home Secretary and Councilors
January 27, 2015 - Academy Honors Four for Major Contributions in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
January 26, 2015 - Academy Honors Three for Major Contributions in Earth and Space Sciences
January 23, 2015 - Academy Honors Four for Major Contributions in Neuroscience, Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
January 22, 2015 - Academy Honors Six for Major Contributions in Physical Sciences and Engineering
April 29, 2014 - National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected
March 14, 2014 - NAS Receives $1.5 Million Gift to Establish New Prize in the Physical Sciences
March 6, 2014 - PNAS Announces Six 2013 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
February 27, 2014 - National Academy of Sciences Elects Foreign Secretary and Councilors
January 28, 2014 - John E. Porter to Receive Public Welfare Medal – Academy's Most Prestigious Award
January 16, 2014 - Academy Honors 15 for Major Contributions to Science
January 15, 2014 - McClelland and Spelke Awarded First NAS Prizes in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
April 30, 2013 - National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected
March 12, 2013 - PNAS Announces Six 2012 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
March 1, 2013 - NAS Celebrates 150 Years of Service to the Nation
February 22, 2013 - NAS Receives $3.5 Million Gift to Establish Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
February 6, 2013 - Diane E. Griffin Elected NAS Vice President; Four Councilors Elected
January 23, 2013 - Bill and Melinda Gates to Receive Public Welfare Medal – Academy's Most Prestigious Award
May 1, 2012 - National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected
February 21, 2012 - PNAS Announces Six 2011 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients
February 13, 2012 - Jeremiah Ostriker Re-elected Treasurer, Four Councilors Elected
February 10, 2012 - National Academy of Sciences' Kavli Frontiers of Science Begins New Symposium Series with Israel
January 19, 2012 - Academy Honors 17 for Major Contributions to Science
January 17, 2012 - Harold Shapiro to Receive Public Welfare Medal, Academy's Most Prestigious Award
October 24, 2011 - National Academy of Sciences’ Kavli Frontiers of Science begins New Symposia Series with Indonesia
October 18, 2011 - Distinguished Young Scientists Selected to Participate in Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposia
May 3, 2011 - National Academy of Sciences Members and Foreign Associates Elected
January 20, 2011 - Academy Honors 13 for Major Contributions to Science
January 18, 2011 - Ismail Serageldin to Receive Academy's Most Prestigious Award