Eight Yale Faculty Members Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

May 2, 2022

Eight Yale faculty members (including YIBS affiliates Karen Seto, Richard Bribiescas, and YIBS External Advisory Board member, Dame Alison Richard) are among the 261 accomplished individuals elected new members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). The academy honors excellence and convenes leaders to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and advance the public good. For more information, please click here for an article published by Yale News. 

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