The 109th Annual Gold Medal Gala, the signature event of the National Institute’s calendar, will take place live in person at The Metropolitan Club in New York City on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, from 6:00 to 9:30 pm Eastern Time. This year’s Honorees are Jonathan F. Fanton, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, and James H. and Marilyn H. Simons.

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Please join us for a cocktail reception and fundraising event in honor of the five 2023 winners of the National Institute’s Dissertation Grant competition.

Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Time: 5:30 to 8:30 pm ET (US and Canada)
Venue: Roosevelt House, 47–49 East 65th Street, New York, NY 10065

The Keynote Speaker will be Professor Anthea Butler, Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought and Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to Professor Butler’s remarks, each of the Grant winners will offer a brief description of their dissertation research program and take questions from the audience.

National Institute officers will also be in attendance to describe the Grants Program and other grant-making activities of the National Institute.

Attendance is free and open to the public, but registration is required and space is limited. Register today using the form below.

Tickets are now available for the 108th Annual Gold Medal Gala, the signature event of the National Institute’s calendar. The gala will take place live in person at The Metropolitan Club in New York City on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, from 6:00 to 9:30 pm Eastern Time. This year’s Honorees are Dr. Philip J. Landrigan, Jennifer J. Raab, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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Please join us for a cocktail reception in honor of the five 2022 winners of the National Institute’s Dissertation Grant competition. The Keynote Speaker will be Professor Paul Boghossian, Chair of the Department of Philosophy, Silver Professor, and Professor of Philosophy at New York University. In addition to Professor Boghossian’s remarks, each of the Grant winners will offer a brief description of their dissertation research program and take questions from the audience. National Institute officers will also be in attendance to describe the Grants Program and other grant-making activities of the National Institute.

Attendance is free and open to the public, but registration is required and space is limited. Register today using the button below.

Please hold the date for the 107th Annual Gold Medal Gala, honoring Kwame Anthony Appiah, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Amartya Sen. This event will take place live in person at The Metropolitan Club in New York City on Thursday, December 2, 2021, from 6:00 to 9:30 pm Eastern Time.

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Please join us for a fascinating and informative virtual discussion forum presented by National Institute Trustee Angel Blue, and featuring a diverse panel of opera professionals who will share how they have adapted to the new normal and what they expect to happen to opera in the future. Read more

This online event is free but requires advance registration. Please click the link above to register for the event. The event will be recorded for those who cannot attend it live.

Please join us for a fascinating and informative virtual discussion forum featuring two renowned healthcare experts who share their perspectives on lessons learned, mistakes made, and what we should be prepared for in the future. Read more

This online event is free but requires advance registration. Please click the link above to register for the event. The event will be recorded for those who cannot attend it live.

Climate change and shrinking arable land will make feeding the growing human population an increasing challenge in the years and decades to come. Please join us for a fascinating and informative virtual discussion forum featuring expert panelists who bring diverse perspectives on how to address this pressing future problem. Read more

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Please join us for our inaugural 2021 online discussion event featuring four outstanding panelists who bring diverse perspectives on how cultural institutions are addressing the challenge of increasing diversity in their staffing, collections, and public outreach. Read more

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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.

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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.

Max was recently profiled in Michael Lewis’s book, The Fifth Risk, and Judy is world famous as the longtime anchor for the PBS NewsHour. Max and Judy have each been honored by the National Institute (along with Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation) with its 2020 Gold Medal for distinguished service to society. This promises to be an exciting and informative event.

This online event is free and open to the public but requires advance registration. Please click the link above to register for the event. The event will be recorded for those who cannot attend it live. Read more here.

Please join us for our next exciting live virtual forum on August 20, 2020. A panel of experts on Broadway and musical theatre will discuss how the Great White Way is coping with the pandemic-imposed shutdowns, and what the future of musical theatre might look like. Joining moderator Angela Cason will be panelists

• Phil Birsh, President & CEO of Playbill

• Nikki M. James, Tony Award-winning performer

• Brian Stokes Mitchell, Tony Award-winning performer and Chairman of the Actors Fund

• Stacy Wolf, Professor of Theatre and Director of the Program in Musical Theatre at Princeton University

This online event is free and open to the public but requires advance registration. Please click the link above to register for the event. The event will be recorded for those who cannot attend it live. Read more here.

Please join us for another exciting and timely online virtual forum featuring a panel of social science scholars from different disciplines as they discuss the current crisis in policing in America and potential solutions. Read more here.

This online event is free and open to the public but requires advance registration. Please click the link above to register for the event. The event will be recorded for those who cannot attend it live.

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. Read more

This online event is free but requires advance registration. Please click the link above to register for the event. The event will be recorded for those who cannot attend it live.