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Matt Mullenweg is interviewed by The Verge about Automattic's purchase of Tumblr go >>

Joseph DeSimone is profiled by Alejandro Cremades for Forbes go >>

Hugh Herr is featured in 60 Minutes overview of MIT's Media Lab go >>

Rita Dove receives the Langston Hughes Medal from The City College of New York go >>

August Wilson's play, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," to be filmed in Pittsburgh for Netflix go >>

Greg Asner's work with his Global Airborne Observatory is profiled by The New York Times go >>

Sangeeta Bhatia is the 2019 recipient of the Science History Institute's Othmer Gold Medal go >>

Robert Langer is the recipient of the 2019 Dreyfus Prize in Chemical Sciences go >>

The American Institute of Chemical Engineers endows new fellowship in Robert Langer's name go >>

Natasha Trethewey is inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters go >>

U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, co-recipient of the 10th Chairman's medal, dies at 87 go >>

The New York Times honors the 50th anniversary of Arthur Mitchell’s pioneering Dance Theater of Harlem through the recollections of those who worked with him go >>

Natasha Trethewey and her latest book are profiled by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette go >>

The New York Times profiles Carol Gilligan and her new book go >>

Dave Eggers' latest book, The Parade, is reviewed by the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times go >>

The New York Times interviews Roz Chast and her sometime writing and ukulele partner, Patricia Marx go >>

Boston Modern Orchestra Project to end their season with April tribute to John Harbison go >>

Michelle Alexander writes OpEd for The New York TImes on the need to face violent crime honestly and courageously go >>

Natasha Trethewey talks about making poetry in an interview for Guernica go >>

John Harbison is profiled by the Wisconsin State Journal for his 80th birthday go >>

Mona Hanna-Attisha pens an OpEd about remaining lessons from the Flint water crisis go >>

Mason Bates' first opera, "The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs," wins a Grammy for Best Opera Recording go >>

Edward Zigler, architect of Head Start and 5th Public Policy recipient, dies at 88 go >>

Nadine Burke Harris to be appointed as California's first Surgeon General go >>

Natasha Trethewey is named as a chancellor for The Academy of American Poets go >>

Luis Garden Acosta, co-recipient of the 5th Heinz Award for the Human Condition, dies at 73 go >>

Cary Fowler discusses the Svalbard Global Seed Vault on the BBC’s “Witness” podcast go >>

Arthur Mitchell is honored in a memorial service at Manhattan's Riverside Church go >>

Joseph DeSimone receives the 2018 National Academy of Sciences prize in convergent science go >>

John Harbison and his multi-decade career is profiled by Strings magazine go >>

Roz Chast is interviewed, on the occasion of her new retrospective, by The New York Times go >>

James Comer's School Development Program at the Yale Child Study Center celebrates 50 years go >>

Vanity Fair interviews Natasha Trethewey about her work and new retrospective poetry collection, "Monument" go >>

The New York Times reviews 'Relations,' with Ralph Lemon, Bebe Miller and Ishmael Houston-Jones go >>

Natasha Trethewey is interviewed by NPR's Weekend Edition go >>

John Luther Adams writes for The Guardian on why he chose music over activism go >>

Joseph DeRisi talks about his work and virus hunting on Still Untitled - The Adam Savage Project go >>

Gregory Asner to establish Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science at Arizona State University go >>

Jane Lubchenco awarded the 2018 Fellow Medal from California Academy of Sciences go >>

George Hatsopoulos, 3rd Heinz Awards recipient in Technology, the Economy and Employment, dies at 91 go >>

Arthur Mitchell, 7th Heinz Awards recipient for Arts and Humantities, dies at 84 go >>

John Luther Adams' work, In the Name of the Earth, to premiere in Central Park this Saturday go >>

Dave Eggers writes an article for The Guardian about The International Congress of Youth Voices go >>

TIME interviews Mona Hanna-Attisha on the occasion of her new book go >>

The Carnegie Corporation honors Mona Hanna-Attisha as one of 38 Distinguished Immigrants for 2018 go >>

Michelle Alexander to join The New York Times opinion pages go >>

Mona Hanna-Attisha is interviewed by Rachel Maddow go >>

Ann Hamilton's O N E E V E R Y O N E receives the Americans for the Arts’ Public Art Network award go >>

Hugh Herr has a new TED talk on what it would really mean to be a cyborg go >>

Jake Wood of Team Rubicon to receive the Pat Tillman Award for Service at 2018 ESPYs go >>

Mona Hanna-Attisha adapts a chapter from her new book for The New York Times' Op-Ed page go >>

Greg Asner helps to create high-resolution maps of Caribbean coral reefs go >>

Dee Boersma and her work are featured in The Pew Charitable Trusts' "After the Fact" podcast go >>

James Nachtwey is profiled by The Times in London as his new show, Memoria, is on in Paris go >>

Rita Dove talks to the Columbia Journalism Review on pairing poetry with journalism go >>

Abraham Verghese writes a piece for The New York Times Magazine on one major downside of electronic health records go >>

Sierra magazine profiles the ongoing challenges Beverly Wright and others face in combating environmental racism in New Orleans go >>

The LA Times explores John Luther Adams' career and his most recent work go >>

Mason Bates to premiere his new work, "Garden of Eden," with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra go >>

Jane Lubchenco receives 2018 Vannevar Bush Award go >>

Salman Khan receives the 2018 Visonary of the Year Award form The San Francisco Chronicle go >>

John Luther Adams writes in the New York Times what it is like to hear the desert in music go >>

Freeman Hrabowski III reflects in The Atlantic on UMBC's successes in closing the achievement gap go >>

John Luther Adams and his new compositition, Become Desert, are profiled by the Seattle Times go >>

Elizabeth Kolbert explores our misunderstandings about race and our genetic heritage for National Geographic go >>

Gretchen Daily is profiled in Stanford Magazine about helping organizations understand Natural Capital go >>

John Luther Adams writes about Alaska and his new work, Become Desert, for Slate go >>

Leroy Hood reflects on almost two decades with the Institute for Systems Biology go >>

Freeman Hrabowski III to receive the American Council on Education’s Lifetime Achievement Award go >>

James Nachtwey's series on opioid addiction is TIME's first issue devoted entirely to one photographer's work go >>

Dan Sperling co-authors piece on the significant benefits of using Uber and Lyft for carpooling go >>

Hal Harvey co-authors an Op-Ed for The New York Times on a utility's embrace of wind and solar go >>

Sanjeev Arora writes Op-Ed for The Hill on why rural Americans lack access to quality health care go >>

Jacques d'Amboise and an event on 'Balanchine's Guys' is profiled by New York Times go >>

Nadine Burke Harris is interviewed about her work on childhood trauma by The New York Times go >>

The Los Angeles Times reviews Dave Egger's new book, The Monk of Mokha go >>

Nadine Burke Harris is profiled on NPR about her work and new book, The Deepest Well go >>

Paul Farmer is awarded the National Academy of Sciences' 2018 Public Welfare Award go >>

A 2014 stage adaptation of Natasha Trethewey’s poetry collection, Native Guard, is performed at the Atlanta History Center go >>

Sal Khan is named 2018 Visionary of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle go >>

The New York Times looks at how some U.S. prisons have restricted prisoner access to Michelle Alexander's book, The New Jim Crow go >>

Freeman Hrabowski talks to The Baltimore Sun about being inspired to march as a teenager by Martin Luther King Jr. go >>

Bruce Katz co-authors a new book, The New Localism, on the evolving importance of metropolitan areas go >>

The Flux podcast talks in depth with Dean Kamen about inventing go >>

Politico profiles Dean Kamen’s work on the ARMI Initiative for regenerative organ medicine go >>

Mona Hanna-Attisha's work in Flint, MI, highlights a rising focus on environmental health impacts in medicine go >>

Sangeeta Bhatia is profiled in Brown University's alumni magazine go >>

John Holdren to receive the 2018 Moynihan Prize from The American Academy of Political and Social Science go >>

The Wall Street Journal profiles Joseph DeSimone's 3D printing company, Carbon, and its partnership with Adidas go >>

Mason Bates is named Musical America's 2018 Composer of the Year go >>

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