“American Academy of Arts & Sciences Announces New 2012 Members” (news item)

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<p>List</a> of American Academy of Arts and Sciences New 2012 Fellows</p>

<p>Press</a> Release</p>

<p>Election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences is one of the greatest honors a scholar can receive.</p>

<p>“Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.”</p>

<p>This year, Harvard led with the highest number of newly-elected members among all universities. MIT had the second highest total with Northwestern and Stanford tied for third. Princeton came in fourth, tied with NYU. A large number of AAAS Fellows come from medical, law and other professional schools. Fellows are elected in special membership ‘sections’ that specifically include these professional categories. Because Princeton is an institution that focuses on the arts and sciences and does not have such professional schools, it is automatically excluded from several ‘sections’, making its eight newly-elected members an even more impressive achievement. When excluding newly-elected members associated with professional schools, Princeton came in second behind only MIT and tied with Northwestern. </p>

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<p>2012 Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences</p>

<p>14--Harvard (7 in the Arts & Sciences, 3 at the Medical School, 2 at the Law School, 1 at the Graduate School of Education and 1 at the Kennedy School)</p>

<p>12—MIT (12 in the Arts & Sciences)</p>

<p>9---Northwestern (8 in the Arts & Sciences, 1 at the Law School)
9—Stanford (6 in the Arts & Sciences, 3 at the Medical School); MIT (all in the Arts & Sciences)</p>

<p>8--Princeton (8 in the Arts & Sciences)
8—NYU (6 in the Arts & Sciences, 1 at the Law School, 1 at the Medical School)</p>

<p>6--UCLA (5 in the Arts & Sciences, 1 at the Medical School)
6—Yale (6 in the Arts & Sciences)
6—U. of Chicago (1 in the Arts & Sciences, 2 in the Business School, 2 in the Divinity School, 1 at the Law School)</p>

<p>5—Penn (3 in the Arts & Sciences, 2 at the Medical School)
5—U. of Michigan(4 in the Arts & Sciences, 1 at the Public Policy School)</p>

<p>4--Berkeley (all in the Arts & Sciences)
4--Columbia (4 in the Arts & Sciences)</p>

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<p>University Arts & Sciences (omitting professional schools)</p>

<p>12--MIT
8—Princeton, Northwestern
7--Harvard
6--Stanford, NYU, Yale
5—UCLA
4—Berkeley, Columbia</p>

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<p>American Academy of the Arts & Sciences Fellows
(over last three years)</p>

<p>49--Harvard</p>

<p>[gap]</p>

<p>25—Princeton, Stanford
22--UCLA</p>

<p>[gap]</p>

<p>19—NYU
18—MIT
17—Yale, Northwestern
15—Columbia
12—Penn</p>