senior fellows Jay Bhattacharya, Caroline Hoxby honored by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters
senior fellows and Caroline Hoxby are among six Stanford scholars who were honored this year by the American Academy of Sciences and Letters.
Bhattacharya, a professor of health policy, was , which is presented annually to a public thinker who displays extraordinary courage in the exercise of intellectual freedom.
Hoxby, the Scott and Donya Bommer Professor of Economics at Stanford, was of the Academy at a ceremony in October, along with three other Stanford scholars: Peter Berkowitz, Sir Niall Ferguson and Barry Stuart Strauss.
The Academy also awarded Brian Conrad, Stanford professor of mathematics, a 2024 Barry Prize, which recognizes intellectual excellence and independence.
The American Academy of Sciences and Letters promotes learning and honors outstanding scholarly excellence and intellectual courage in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering, as well as in the arts and the learned professions.
See the published on October 29, 2024 and the published on October 24, 2024 to learn more.