On Tuesday, November 14, the National Institute of Social Sciences hosted its annual Gold Medal Dinner at a private club in Manhattan. The event honored Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow, Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert J. Shiller, and Columbia University president emeritus Michael I. Sovern.

The National Institute of Social Sciences will honor three distinguished Americans--author and biographer Ron Chernow, economist and Nobel laureate Robert J. Shiller, and Columbia University president emeritus Michael I. Sovern--at the 103rd Gold Medal Dinner on Tuesday, November 14, in New York City.

The National Institute of Social Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest honorary societies, welcomed 70 guests to its annual Issues Discussion Luncheon on Monday, June 5.

The National Institute of Social Sciences mourns the passing of actress and philanthropist Dina Merrill Hartley. A distinguished actress in motion pictures, on television, and on Broadway, Dina Merrill received the Gold Honor Medal of the National Institute in 1977.

The National Institute of Social Sciences is pleased to announce that it has received a generous grant from the J.M. Kaplan Fund (www.jmkfund.org), a New York-based philanthropic foundation known for its innovative support of the environment, preservation, the arts, and civil liberties.

Bruce Stillman, the president and chief executive officer of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, will speak at the annual Issues Discussion Luncheon of the National Institute of Social Sciences on Monday, June 5th, in Manhattan.

The National Institute of Social Sciences congratulates trustee Barbara Tober and her husband, Donald, who will be honored for their philanthropy by the New Jewish Home at the fourth annual “Eight Over 80” benefit. The gala, which celebrates “the creativity and significance of the over-80 generation,” will be held on Tuesday, April 4, at the Mandarin Oriental in Manhattan.

Kent Barwick—an urban planner, conservationist, preservationist, and incorrigible New Yorker—will deliver the keynote address at the annual discussion luncheon of the Florida Chapter of the National Institute of Social Sciences on Monday, March 6, at noon in Palm Beach.