Highlights: 2024 Investiture, Library of Congress, Oct. 23, 2024

The Academy held its annual Investiture Ceremony at the Library of Congress on Oct. 23, 2024.
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University was awarded the Robert J. Zimmer Medal for Intellectual Freedom. Dr. Bhattacharya was interviewed by Stephen Macedo of Princeton University about his struggle against government censorship of scientific inquiry.
The 2024 Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement was awarded to:
Akhil Reed Amar, Yale University
Gary A. Anderson, University of Notre Dame
Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago
Nicholas A. Christakis, Yale University
Brian Conrad, Stanford University
Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard University
Jeannie Suk Gersen, Harvard University
William Chester Jordan, Princeton University
Karin I. Öberg, Harvard University
Megan Sykes, Columbia University
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