The National Institute’s President reviews our activities in 2020.

At its 2020 Annual Meeting of Members on December 15, the National Institute of Social Sciences elected six new members to the Board of Trustees and re-elected eight of ten returning Trustees to two year terms.

On Wednesday, December 2, 2020, the National Institute held its 106th Annual Gold Medal Gala online as a socially-distanced virtual event. National Institute President Fred Larsen presented Gold Honor Medals to this year’s honorees, Max Stier, Darren Walker, and Judy Woodruff, for distinguished service to humanity.

On November 13, 2020, the National Institute partnered with the American Anthropological Association to sponsor their novel “Three Minute Thesis Competition,” which the AAA presented in connection with their 2020 virtual event series, “Raising Our Voices.”

The Grants Committee of the National Institute of Social Sciences has selected Gabriel Raeburn, a Ph.D. candidate in Religious Studies and History at the University of Pennsylvania, as the winner of its 2020 Dissertation Grant competition.

You are cordially invited to the 106th Annual Gold Medal Gala, honoring Max Stier, Darren Walker, and Judy Woodruff. This 100% virtual event will take place live on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, from 6:00 to 9:30 pm Eastern Time.

Tickets and tables are limited. Reserve your spot today!

On Thursday, September 24, 2020, the National Institute hosted an extremely timely and important bi-partisan virtual forum on the challenges and controversies surrounding the upcoming national election. Represent.us co-founder Joshua Graham Lynn was joined by three electoral politics experts for a fascinating and informative conversation about the importance of the 2020 election to American democracy.

Please join us IN ONE WEEK for an extremely timely and important bi-partisan virtual forum on the challenges and controversies surrounding the upcoming national election featuring four experts on electoral politics: the co-founder of Represent.us, a retired U.S. Navy Admiral, a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and the CEO of the National Vote at Home Institute and Coalition.

On Wednesday, September 2, 2020, the National Institute hosted a virtual forum in which PBS NewsHour anchor and journalist Judy Woodruff interviewed Max Stier, the President of the Partnership for Public Service, about his two decades of bi-partisan efforts to improve the practice of government in America and the future prospects for making government more efficient and effective.

Please join us for a special live event on September 2, 2020. Renowned broadcast journalist Judy Woodruff of the PBS NewsHour will interview Max Stier, the President of the Partnership for Public Service, on his decades-long bi-partisan work to improve the quality of government in the United States and the challenges facing us today when public trust in government is at historic lows.

On Thursday, August 20, 2020, the National Institute hosted a virtual forum on how Broadway and live theatre in America is currently coping with the pandemic shutdown. National Institute Trustee Angela Cason was joined by three theatre insiders for a lively, entertaining, and inspiring conversation about the future of the Great White Way.

Please join us IN ONE WEEK for a fascinating and informative virtual conversation on the future of Broadway and live theatre featuring four experts: the President and CEO of Playbill, two Tony Award-winning musical theatre performers, and a Princeton University professor of theatre and American studies.

On Thursday, July 23, 2020, the National Institute hosted a virtual forum on policing in America. National Institute President Fred Larsen was joined by three criminal justice scholars for a wide ranging discussion of the sources of and potential solutions to the current crisis of policing in America.

Please join us for a fascinating and informative virtual discussion forum featuring three outstanding scholars who study policing and the criminal justice system from the diverse disciplines of law, criminology, economics, and sociology as they discuss the sources of and potential solutions to the current crisis of policing in this country.

On Thursday, June 25, 2020, the National Institute hosted a virtual forum on the current and future effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education. National Institute President Fred Larsen was joined by three dynamic leaders in higher education for a wide ranging discussion of the challenges and opportunities facing colleges and universities in America.

The National Institute is committed to engage with the pressing societal issues of the day.

Please join us for our inaugural online discussion event featuring three dynamic leaders in higher education as they discuss how they are addressing the current and future challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic to their institutions and the entire higher education industry.

Time is running out to donate to the National Institute’s direct support of social science scholarship in the form of our 2020 Dissertation Grants.

We are making some exciting changes here at the National Institute in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Come learn more.

Max Stier, founding president and CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, and Judy Woodruff, anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour, will be honored at the 106th Gold Medal Dinner of the National Institute of Social Sciences on Wednesday, December 2, in New York.

UPDATE | March 18, 2020 — Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the 30th annual luncheon of the Florida Chapter of the National Institute of Social Sciences has been postponed indefinitely. Members and those who have already purchased tickets to the luncheon will be sent more information as it becomes available.

This year, the National Institute of Social Sciences is partnering with the American Historical Association to support graduate students participating at the AHA’s annual meeting. The “National Institute of Social Sciences Annual Meeting Travel Grants” provide modest grants to defray expenses incurred by graduate students who are presenting papers or making presentations.