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As the campus shifts into a summer season of activity and exchange, the Institute is also celebrating new recognition for the work of its scholars. Across all four schools, IAS Faculty and visiting scholars have received distinguished awards and honors that reflect the significance of their research and contributions. This includes: ☀️ Nicola Di Cosmo, Luce Foundation Professor in East Asian Studies in the School of Historical Studies, who was named the 2026 recipient of the Onon Prize, placing him among several IAS scholars honored with the award: https://lnkd.in/eSvwktbW ☀️ Emilie Connolly, Member (2024–25) in the School of Historical Studies, and Beth Lew-Williams, Visitor (2015–16) in the School of Social Science, who have been awarded the Bancroft Prize for their books on American history. Connolly was honored for “Vested Interests: Trusteeship and Native Dispossession in the United States,” while Lew-Williams received the award for “John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life Under American Racial Law”: https://lnkd.in/eKW2h2E7 ☀️Ishan Levy, Member (2025–26) and incoming Visiting Professor (2026–31) in the School of Mathematics, who received a Clay Research Award alongside three coauthors, including Jeremy Hahn, who was also a Member (2023) in the School: https://lnkd.in/edFYu7Jf ☀️Rashid Sunyaev, Distinguished Visiting Professor (2010–22, 2022–24) in the School of Natural Sciences, who was presented with the Fritz Zwicky Prize for Astrophysics and Cosmology for his research on the cosmic microwave background and the theory of disk accretion: https://lnkd.in/erCdBXPr