HOLD THE DATE — 2026 GOLD MEDAL GALA
Tuesday, December 8, 2026
KEEPING IT REAL: AI and the Changing Entertainment Landscape
Live event Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 6:30 pm
2025 Dissertation Grant Winners Announced
Six doctoral candidates awarded unrestricted grants
110th Annual Gold Medal Gala
Honoring Ken Burns, David Remnick, and Bryan Stevenson
2024 Dissertation Grant Winners Announced
Seven doctoral candidates awarded unrestricted grants
109th Annual Gold Medal Gala
Honoring Jonathan Fanton, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, James H. Simons, and Marilyn H. Simons
2023 Dissertation Grant Winners Announced
Five doctoral candidates awarded unrestricted grants
108th Annual Gold Medal Gala
Honoring Dr. Philip J. Landrigan, Jennifer J. Raab,
and Neil deGrasse Tyson
2022 Dissertation Grant Winners Announced
Five doctoral candidates awarded unrestricted grants
Announcing the Inaugural Advisory Council
of the National Institute of Social Sciences
What's Next for Opera?
A virtual forum on September 23, 2021
Healthcare after the Pandemic
A virtual forum on May 27, 2021
The Future of Food under Climate Change
A virtual forum on April 29, 2021
Diversity in Cultural Institutions
A virtual forum on March 25, 2021
2020 Gold Medal Gala
A virtual celebration on December 2, 2020
What’s Next for Democracy? The 2020 Election
A virtual forum on September 24, 2020
Fixing Government: Judy Woodruff in Conversation with Max Stier
A virtual interview on September 2, 2020
What’s Next for Broadway?
A virtual forum on August 20, 2020
Policing in Crisis
A virtual forum on July 23, 2020
Higher Education in the Pandemic Age
A virtual forum on June 25, 2020
2019 Gold Medal Dinner
Honoring Paul Edward Farmer and Peter Gelb
The Power and Perils of Social Media
New York City – October 2019
The Presence of the Past
The Morgan Library – May 2019
Reforming Our Political System
Glenn Nye and Joshua Graham Lynn – July 2019
2018 Gold Medal Dinner
Honoring Daniel Kahneman, Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, and Geraldine Kunstadter
Beauty, Optimism, and the Waves of History
Jon Parrish Peede, National Endowment for the Humanities – June 2018
Ten Restaurants that Changed America
New York City – August 2018
2017 Gold Medal Dinner
Honoring Ron Chernow, Robert J. Shiller, and Michael I. Sovern
