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April 2024
Win a complimentary ticket!
The New Wave of AI in Healthcare 2024
Are you interested in joining the upcoming symposium? This is your opportunity to win free entry!
In collaboration with the Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Academy is thrilled to offer this opportunity to our extended scientific community.
One entry will be selected at random and invited to join the event free of charge. The Academy will reach out to each individual following the giveaway selection. Enter today to connect with field leaders sharing their cutting-edge research!
This drawing starts on April 23, 2024, and ends on April 25, 2024, at 11:59 PM ET.
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April 25, 2024
Leadership in STEM Series?
Advocacy in STEM (https://events.nyas.org/event/29690b84-f61c-47db-bdc9-c58c956bfab7/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=stemstories&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
May 1-2, 2024
The New Wave of AI in Healthcare 2024 (https://bit.nyas.org/427ber0?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
May 2, 2024
Unlocking the Mysteries of Cells with AI: A Fireside Conversation with Dr. Priscilla Chan (https://events.nyas.org/event/CZI/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=czi_2024&utm_content=enews&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
May 20, 2024
Cancer and Aging – The Inflammaging Connection (https://bit.nyas.org/3HvUpNd?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
May 21-23, 2024
Frontiers in Cancer Immunotherapy 2024 (https://events.nyas.org/event/89c9111c-0f44-4e8e-979c-e54f4fecfb41/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=cancerio24&utm_content=enews&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
May 29-30, 2024
Vaccines for Respiratory Diseases (https://events.nyas.org/event/7fd3e7d5-8fc8-4e7a-92e0-3f7d29b4fbae?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=vaccines&utm_content=enews&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
June 6, 2024
The Chemical Biology Discussion Group End-of-Year Symposium (https://bit.nyas.org/3StxM2f?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
June 17, 2024
Chemical Biology of Protein Homeostasis: From Fundamentals to Translational Breakthroughs (https://bit.nyas.org/492Ud3B?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
June 20, 2024
Ross Prize Symposium 2024: Cancer Neuroscience (https://events.nyas.org/event/rossprize/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=rossprize_2024&utm_content=enews&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
July 16, 2024
Authors at the Academy
Claudia de Rham: The Beauty of Falling: A Life in Pursuit of Gravity (https://events.nyas.org/event/d4f3bfad-f223-436e-a819-89ca27b250da/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=gravity&utm_content=enews&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
July 18, 2024
Authors at the Academy
Arturo Casadevall: What If Fungi Win? (https://events.nyas.org/event/a228fa5a-fdf2-4f30-98ac-1c9ec9e27a4d/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=fungi&utm_content=enews&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Have you missed a recent live event? Register now to watch events on-demand. After registering, you can access the full event or key sessions of interest.
Available through May 9, 2024
Pioneering Novel Drug Delivery Systems: The Dr. Paul Janssen Award Symposium (https://events.nyas.org/event/b7af297e-24a8-40f6-88a6-e01059f8574d/summary?utm_source=&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=dpja&utm_content=enews&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Available through May 13, 2024
Transition to Research Independence: Funding and Grantsmanship (https://events.nyas.org/event/a39268f8-74c5-46b5-a81a-d6838e7f79b7/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=funding&utm_content=enews&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Available through June 8, 2024
Available through June 20, 2024
Tata Series on AI & Society: A Fireside Chat with Yann LeCun (https://events.nyas.org/event/firesidechat/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=firesidechat&utm_content=enews&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Available through February 28, 2025
Sparking Innovation: UK Scientists Changing Our World (https://events.nyas.org/event/2e4938fd-4226-4eaa-9bc4-d3efa974bf15/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=baysuk2024&utm_content=enews&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Available through March 26, 2025
International Science Reserve: Science Unusual – Japan’s Earthquake Preparedness Culture: How Science Helps Minimize Disaster (https://isr.nyas.org/events/?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Available through March 27, 2025
Innovations in AI and Higher Education, with Reid Hoffman and Nicholas B. Dirks (https://events.nyas.org/event/eab0e3c7-591f-4bcd-a568-cba3cc9c1ac9/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=aied&utm_content=enews&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Available through April 5, 2025
Erika Nesvold: Off-Earth: Ethical Questions and Quandaries for Living in Outer Space (https://events.nyas.org/event/7ccff862-5759-47fa-a820-ae8cb4c9fa79/summary?utm_source=nyas&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=offearth&utm_content=enews&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Available through April 16, 2025
Venki Ramakrishnan: Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality (https://events.nyas.org/event/adbb9796-04e4-4f47-ab0a-c8bcf192715c/summary?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Exploring the Ethics of Human Settlement in Space (https://www.nyas.org/ideas-insights/blog/exploring-the-ethics-of-human-settlement-in-space/?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
While there are many scientific and engineering considerations that need to be applied to the human settlement of outer space, author Erika Nesvold argues in her new book that we mustn’t forget about the ethical and social justice dimensions.
Crossing Species: The Rising Threat of H5N1 Bird Flu in the U.S. (https://www.nyas.org/ideas-insights/blog/crossing-species-the-rising-threat-of-h5n1-bird-flu-in-the-u-s/?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
The CDC recently confirmed a human case of HPAI A (H5N1) in Texas. Renowned epidemiologist Syra Madad and distinguished virologist Jason Kindrachuk offer tips to farmers, animal caretakers, and the general public on how to avoid contracting and spreading this strain of avian influenza.
Women’s Health 2.0: The AI Era (https://www.nyas.org/ideas-insights/blog/womens-health-2-0-the-ai-era/?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Charting the evolution of women’s healthcare in the AI era, illuminating the promise and challenges of predictive tech to close the health gender gap.
Innovations in AI and Higher Education (https://www.nyas.org/ideas-insights/blog/innovations-in-ai-and-higher-education/?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
From the future of higher education to regulating artificial intelligence (AI), Reid Hoffman and Nicholas Dirks had a wide-ranging discussion on the impact AI will have on education, business, and creativity during the first installment of the Authors at the Academy series.
Academy Staff Experience 2024 Eclipse (https://www.nyas.org/ideas-insights/blog/academy-staff-experience-2024-eclipse/?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
As a historic eclipse graced the skies above New York City and other parts of the country on April 8, 2024, staff members with The New York Academy of Sciences were not going to miss out on this rare opportunity. Here are submissions from a handful of Academy staff who documented this historic happening.
Q&A with Academy Board Member Katherine B. Forrest (https://www.nyas.org/ideas-insights/blog/qa-with-academy-board-member-katherine-b-forrest/?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
With an extensive background in law, government, and social sciences, Katherine brings unique insight to the Academy’s Board.
Yann LeCun Emphasizes the Promise of AI (https://www.nyas.org/ideas-insights/blog/yann-lecun-emphasizes-the-promise-ai/?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
The renowned Chief AI Scientist of Meta, Yann LeCun, discussed everything from his foundational research in neural networks to his optimistic outlook on the future of AI technology at a sold-out Tata Series on AI & Society event with the Academy’s President & CEO Nick Dirks.
The Academy’s Role in Asbestos Abatement (https://www.nyas.org/ideas-insights/blog/the-academys-role-in-asbestos-abatement/?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
While the United States recently took formal action to ban the use of chrysotile asbestos, experts with The New York Academy of Sciences have voiced concern about this dangerous carcinogen for more than half a century.
The Origin of the Term “Psychedelic” (https://www.nyas.org/ideas-insights/blog/the-origin-of-the-term-psychedelic/?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
The man who is known to have supplied author Aldous Huxley with hallucinogenic drugs coined the word “psychedelic” during an Academy event in 1957.
Dive into the latest podcast episodes (https://www.nyas.org/ideas-insights/podcasts/?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID) featuring Academy leaders.
unSILOed Podcast with Greg LeBlanc
The Delicate Balance of Teaching and Research in Modern Academia (https://www.unsiloedpodcast.com/episodes/nicholas-dirks?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Featuring Nicholas B. Dirks, President and Chief Executive Officer at The New York Academy of Sciences
The Politics Guys
The Uses and Abuses of the Modern University (https://politicsguys.com/the-uses-and-abuses-of-the-modern-university/?mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID)
Featuring Nicholas B. Dirks, President and Chief Executive Officer at The New York Academy of Sciences
Women in STEM Podcast
Featuring Brooke Grindlinger, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at The New York Academy of Sciences
Employment Opportunities at The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is currently looking for qualified candidates for a variety of career opportunities – ranging from AI to engineering fields. Think you may be a good fit? Learn more (https://chanzuckerberg.com/careers/career-opportunities/?gh_src=3c187be71us&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID) here (https://chanzuckerberg.com/careers/career-opportunities/?gh_src=3c187be71us&mc_cid=30ecdb60ac&mc_eid=UNIQID) .
AI-Driven Drug Discovery event at Cure
In partnership with Cure, we are pleased to announce AI-Driven Drug Discovery, an evening event on June 25th. Use promo code NYAS@CURE for $5 off your ticket.
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