Drexel University President John Fry was recently named a new member of the American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States. The highly prestigious membership is ...

The American Philosophical Society , founded in 1743 and located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an eminent scholarly organization of international reputation, that promotes useful knowledge in the ...

Penn faculty professor Paul Offit and professor Dorothy Roberts are newly elected members to the American Philosophical Society (Photo from Penn Today). Perelman School of Medicine professor Paul ...

I spent the last few months in the conservation lab at the American Philosophical Society (APS) under the guidance of Renée Wolcott, Assistant Head of Conservation and Book Conservator, and Anne ...

A society founded by Benjamin Franklin had met outside its home base in Philadelphia only once since it began in 1743. That is, until last week. The American Philosophical Society held its semiannual ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- Old City is well-known for the rich stories of Philadelphia's past. At the American Philosophical Society, they house real texts from Philadelphians who lived ...

Two members of the Brandeis scientific community have been elected into membership by the American Philosophical Society. University Professor Eve Marder ’69 and immunologist Drew Weissman ’81, GSAS ...

ITHACA, N.Y. — Three days after his death, Nobel laureate Hans Bethe, emeritus professor of physics at Cornell University and an architect of the age of modern atomic theory, was posthumously awarded ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Tobin J. Marks was one of two University faculty members elected to the American Philosophical Society in recognition of extraordinary accomplishments in their fields. Marks ...

The author was Secretary of the Smithsonian from 1953 to 1964. This is a dinner address given to the American Philosophical Society on April 26, 1957. This address given to the American Philosophical ...