US honorary society and policy research center
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences Abbreviation The American Academy; The Academy Formation May 4, 1780; 244 years ago (1780-05-04 ) Type Honorary society and independent research center Headquarters Cambridge, Massachusetts , U.S.Membership
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The House of the Academy, Cambridge, Massachusetts .
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy ) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States . It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams , John Hancock , James Bowdoin ,[ 1] Andrew Oliver , and other Founding Fathers of the United States .[ 2] It is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts .
Membership in the academy is achieved through a thorough petition, review, and election process.[ 3] The academy's quarterly journal, Dædalus , is published by the MIT Press on behalf of the academy,[ 4] and has been open-access since January 2021. The academy also conducts multidisciplinary public policy research.[ 5]
Laurie L. Patton will become President of the Academy in January 2025.[ 6]
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^ "Announcing Laurie L. Patton as the Next President of the Academy | American Academy of Arts and Sciences" . www.amacad.org . May 2, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024 .