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Since 1743, APS's mission has been "the cultivation of useful knowledge"—intellectual inquiry and critical thought are inherently in the best interest of the public.
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
"Hatreds are superficial...If people can, by educational processes, mutually arrive at greater understanding and sympathy, these hatreds will in large measure be dissipated." Ralph Bunche (APS 1950)
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom!
#usefulknowledge #education
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom!
#usefulknowledge #education
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Hatreds are superficial...If people can, by educational processes, mutually arrive at greater understanding and sympathy, these hatreds will in large measure be dissipated." Ralph Bunche (APS 1950)
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom!
#usefulknowledge #education
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom!
#usefulknowledge #education
Scientists and hobbyists of the 18th century were fascinated with the microscopic world—and with writing in books! Read this week's blog post from former fellow Al Coppola to learn more.
https://www.amphilsoc.org/news/calamary-and-coal-tar
#research #historyofscience #microscopes
https://www.amphilsoc.org/news/calamary-and-coal-tar
#research #historyofscience #microscopes
Calamary and Coal-tar | American Philosophical Society
Frontispiece and title page of Baker, Polype (1743)
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November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Scientists and hobbyists of the 18th century were fascinated with the microscopic world—and with writing in books! Read this week's blog post from former fellow Al Coppola to learn more.
https://www.amphilsoc.org/news/calamary-and-coal-tar
#research #historyofscience #microscopes
https://www.amphilsoc.org/news/calamary-and-coal-tar
#research #historyofscience #microscopes
The APS Lewis and Clark Fund turned 20 this year!
Are you interested in fieldwork? Check out the videos from last month's conference on the Promise and Perils of Research in the 21st century! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoKwLGnyZL4C3gI0L1uu7Vk1hnJTnQ-sw
#fieldwork #grants #lewisandclark
Are you interested in fieldwork? Check out the videos from last month's conference on the Promise and Perils of Research in the 21st century! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoKwLGnyZL4C3gI0L1uu7Vk1hnJTnQ-sw
#fieldwork #grants #lewisandclark
Science and Society 2025 Conference - YouTube
This event took place September 25-26, 2025. Science took place both thanks to and in spite of the age of revolutions. In Philadelphia, the era saw the creat...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The APS Lewis and Clark Fund turned 20 this year!
Are you interested in fieldwork? Check out the videos from last month's conference on the Promise and Perils of Research in the 21st century! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoKwLGnyZL4C3gI0L1uu7Vk1hnJTnQ-sw
#fieldwork #grants #lewisandclark
Are you interested in fieldwork? Check out the videos from last month's conference on the Promise and Perils of Research in the 21st century! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoKwLGnyZL4C3gI0L1uu7Vk1hnJTnQ-sw
#fieldwork #grants #lewisandclark
Bearing Burdens, Taking Up Arms: Women with the Continental Army!
This week’s Meeting Monday features Holly Mayer for a discussion of women in the American Revolution. https://youtu.be/f_b1YIdFvXQ?si=XW7IQbIEhQ9zFRYb
#earlyamerica #womenshistory #meetingmondays #archives
This week’s Meeting Monday features Holly Mayer for a discussion of women in the American Revolution. https://youtu.be/f_b1YIdFvXQ?si=XW7IQbIEhQ9zFRYb
#earlyamerica #womenshistory #meetingmondays #archives
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Bearing Burdens, Taking Up Arms: Women with the Continental Army!
This week’s Meeting Monday features Holly Mayer for a discussion of women in the American Revolution. https://youtu.be/f_b1YIdFvXQ?si=XW7IQbIEhQ9zFRYb
#earlyamerica #womenshistory #meetingmondays #archives
This week’s Meeting Monday features Holly Mayer for a discussion of women in the American Revolution. https://youtu.be/f_b1YIdFvXQ?si=XW7IQbIEhQ9zFRYb
#earlyamerica #womenshistory #meetingmondays #archives
It's Native American Heritage Month!
Catch up with all the happenings at the APS' Center for Native American and Indigenous Research with the November newsletter! https://www.amphilsoc.org/library/CNAIR#paragraph-3184
#archives #indigenous #nativeamerica #collaboration #libraryscience
Catch up with all the happenings at the APS' Center for Native American and Indigenous Research with the November newsletter! https://www.amphilsoc.org/library/CNAIR#paragraph-3184
#archives #indigenous #nativeamerica #collaboration #libraryscience
Center for Native American and Indigenous Research | American Philosophical Society
The Center for Native American and Indigenous Research (CNAIR) at the APS Library & Museum works with Indigenous communities throughout the Americas and with campus- and community-based scholars in ma...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It's Native American Heritage Month!
Catch up with all the happenings at the APS' Center for Native American and Indigenous Research with the November newsletter! https://www.amphilsoc.org/library/CNAIR#paragraph-3184
#archives #indigenous #nativeamerica #collaboration #libraryscience
Catch up with all the happenings at the APS' Center for Native American and Indigenous Research with the November newsletter! https://www.amphilsoc.org/library/CNAIR#paragraph-3184
#archives #indigenous #nativeamerica #collaboration #libraryscience
Yuki Haba received a Lewis and Clark grant in 2019, and has recently had his APS-supported PhD work published in “Science”!
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
#grants #fellowships #funding #research
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
#grants #fellowships #funding #research
Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito
Understanding how life is adapting to urban environments represents an important challenge in evolutionary biology. In this work, we investigate a widely cited example of urban adaptation, Culex pipie...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Yuki Haba received a Lewis and Clark grant in 2019, and has recently had his APS-supported PhD work published in “Science”!
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
#grants #fellowships #funding #research
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515
#grants #fellowships #funding #research
“Nobody is capable of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to be learned and worked at.” Northrup Frye (APS 1976)
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom!
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #learning
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom!
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #learning
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“Nobody is capable of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to be learned and worked at.” Northrup Frye (APS 1976)
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom!
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #learning
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom!
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #learning
The APS Press is celebrating local poets at our final publishing salon of the year!
Join us on Thursday, December 4th for short readings by poets from the Philadelphia area, snacks, drinks, and good company. https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/publishing-salon-local-poet-speed-dating
#authors #books
Join us on Thursday, December 4th for short readings by poets from the Philadelphia area, snacks, drinks, and good company. https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/publishing-salon-local-poet-speed-dating
#authors #books
November 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The APS Press is celebrating local poets at our final publishing salon of the year!
Join us on Thursday, December 4th for short readings by poets from the Philadelphia area, snacks, drinks, and good company. https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/publishing-salon-local-poet-speed-dating
#authors #books
Join us on Thursday, December 4th for short readings by poets from the Philadelphia area, snacks, drinks, and good company. https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/publishing-salon-local-poet-speed-dating
#authors #books
Science and Society in the Age of Revolutions! Catch up on this past conference with the videos on the APS YouTube! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoKwLGnyZL4C3gI0L1uu7Vk1hnJTnQ-sw&si=_PSYBmIwCQiGAZZB
November 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Science and Society in the Age of Revolutions! Catch up on this past conference with the videos on the APS YouTube! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoKwLGnyZL4C3gI0L1uu7Vk1hnJTnQ-sw&si=_PSYBmIwCQiGAZZB
Apply for a History of Biology internship at the APS!
Interns will conduct research using the rich archival collections at both the APS and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/apscshl-undergraduate-summer-internship-history-biology
#internship #history #undergraduates
Interns will conduct research using the rich archival collections at both the APS and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/apscshl-undergraduate-summer-internship-history-biology
#internship #history #undergraduates
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Apply for a History of Biology internship at the APS!
Interns will conduct research using the rich archival collections at both the APS and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/apscshl-undergraduate-summer-internship-history-biology
#internship #history #undergraduates
Interns will conduct research using the rich archival collections at both the APS and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. https://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/apscshl-undergraduate-summer-internship-history-biology
#internship #history #undergraduates
"Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.” Marie Curie (APS 1910)
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom. #usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom. #usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity.” Marie Curie (APS 1910)
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom. #usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom. #usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
Livestream the APS Meeting on Nov 13-15th!
These Meetings appeal to the diverse interests and expertise of attendees and provide a unique opportunity to indulge the audience’s breadth of intellectual curiosity. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoKwLGnyZL4DRayn5P6tcvNXRapJdJLK2&si=5Zn0qF3olQo0zALH
These Meetings appeal to the diverse interests and expertise of attendees and provide a unique opportunity to indulge the audience’s breadth of intellectual curiosity. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoKwLGnyZL4DRayn5P6tcvNXRapJdJLK2&si=5Zn0qF3olQo0zALH
November 2025 Members Meeting, La Jolla, CA - YouTube
Held in La Jolla, California November 13 - 15, 2025Estancia Hotel & SpaScripps Research
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November 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Livestream the APS Meeting on Nov 13-15th!
These Meetings appeal to the diverse interests and expertise of attendees and provide a unique opportunity to indulge the audience’s breadth of intellectual curiosity. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoKwLGnyZL4DRayn5P6tcvNXRapJdJLK2&si=5Zn0qF3olQo0zALH
These Meetings appeal to the diverse interests and expertise of attendees and provide a unique opportunity to indulge the audience’s breadth of intellectual curiosity. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoKwLGnyZL4DRayn5P6tcvNXRapJdJLK2&si=5Zn0qF3olQo0zALH
The numbers are in: Our APS Transcribathon participants completed 231 entire pages! Thank you to everyone who participated! https://therevolutionarycity.org/
Our 2026 events are live on our website! https://www.amphilsoc.org/event-type/museum-program
#earlyamerica #digitalhumanities #archives
Our 2026 events are live on our website! https://www.amphilsoc.org/event-type/museum-program
#earlyamerica #digitalhumanities #archives
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The numbers are in: Our APS Transcribathon participants completed 231 entire pages! Thank you to everyone who participated! https://therevolutionarycity.org/
Our 2026 events are live on our website! https://www.amphilsoc.org/event-type/museum-program
#earlyamerica #digitalhumanities #archives
Our 2026 events are live on our website! https://www.amphilsoc.org/event-type/museum-program
#earlyamerica #digitalhumanities #archives
Congratulations to Andrew Gottscho on a new publication that was partly funded by an APS Lewis & Clark Grant in 2013!
The paper is available here! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.70075
#lewisandclark #grants #research #deserts #Biogeography
The paper is available here! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.70075
#lewisandclark #grants #research #deserts #Biogeography
Comparative Phylogeography of Phrynosomatid Lizards in Baja California: Asynchronous Divergences and Expansion of Callisaurus draconoides Across the North American Deserts
Aim We tested whether co-distributed phrynosomatid lizards in the Baja California Peninsula (BCP) share synchronous phylogeographic discontinuities, as predicted by the “peninsular archipelago” hypo...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Congratulations to Andrew Gottscho on a new publication that was partly funded by an APS Lewis & Clark Grant in 2013!
The paper is available here! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.70075
#lewisandclark #grants #research #deserts #Biogeography
The paper is available here! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.70075
#lewisandclark #grants #research #deserts #Biogeography
Voices of Spirit, Voices of Madness!
This week’s Meeting Monday from Tanya Marie Luhrmann discusses the experience of hearing voices! #meetingmonday #conferences #spirit #madness
https://youtu.be/RFjb96H22BQ?si=SJf4g5q-2zuyG9BM
This week’s Meeting Monday from Tanya Marie Luhrmann discusses the experience of hearing voices! #meetingmonday #conferences #spirit #madness
https://youtu.be/RFjb96H22BQ?si=SJf4g5q-2zuyG9BM
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Voices of Spirit, Voices of Madness!
This week’s Meeting Monday from Tanya Marie Luhrmann discusses the experience of hearing voices! #meetingmonday #conferences #spirit #madness
https://youtu.be/RFjb96H22BQ?si=SJf4g5q-2zuyG9BM
This week’s Meeting Monday from Tanya Marie Luhrmann discusses the experience of hearing voices! #meetingmonday #conferences #spirit #madness
https://youtu.be/RFjb96H22BQ?si=SJf4g5q-2zuyG9BM
The APS is home to the Benjamin Rush Commonplace Book, 1792-1813!
Want to learn more about Rush? Tune in for episode 1 of Joseph Loconte's exploration of the life of Benjamin Rush, one of America's "Forgotten Founders" and a Member of the APS. https://youtu.be/7hzvWN1mf24?si=SJuEkS6qADtrimp4
Want to learn more about Rush? Tune in for episode 1 of Joseph Loconte's exploration of the life of Benjamin Rush, one of America's "Forgotten Founders" and a Member of the APS. https://youtu.be/7hzvWN1mf24?si=SJuEkS6qADtrimp4
The Coffee Shop That Brewed Revolution | Benjamin Rush, Ep1
YouTube video by Joseph Loconte
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November 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The APS is home to the Benjamin Rush Commonplace Book, 1792-1813!
Want to learn more about Rush? Tune in for episode 1 of Joseph Loconte's exploration of the life of Benjamin Rush, one of America's "Forgotten Founders" and a Member of the APS. https://youtu.be/7hzvWN1mf24?si=SJuEkS6qADtrimp4
Want to learn more about Rush? Tune in for episode 1 of Joseph Loconte's exploration of the life of Benjamin Rush, one of America's "Forgotten Founders" and a Member of the APS. https://youtu.be/7hzvWN1mf24?si=SJuEkS6qADtrimp4
Congratulations to Margaret Pearce (2020 APS Daythal Kendall Short-Term Fellow) who was recently named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow! www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
The APS is currently accepting DKS Fellowship Applications! www.amphilsoc.org/grants/mello...
The APS is currently accepting DKS Fellowship Applications! www.amphilsoc.org/grants/mello...
Margaret Wickens Pearce
Foregrounding Indigenous understandings of land and place in maps that visualize Native Peoples’ knowledge, history, and stories.
www.macfound.org
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Congratulations to Margaret Pearce (2020 APS Daythal Kendall Short-Term Fellow) who was recently named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow! www.macfound.org/fellows/clas...
The APS is currently accepting DKS Fellowship Applications! www.amphilsoc.org/grants/mello...
The APS is currently accepting DKS Fellowship Applications! www.amphilsoc.org/grants/mello...
Join the American Philosophical Society and Scripps Research Institute for a public conversation with atmospheric chemist Dr. Kimberly A. Prather! www.amphilsoc.org/events/exper...
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Join the American Philosophical Society and Scripps Research Institute for a public conversation with atmospheric chemist Dr. Kimberly A. Prather! www.amphilsoc.org/events/exper...
"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge…is the only guardian of true liberty." James Madison (APS 1785)
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom. https://www.amphilsoc.org/tags/words-wisdom
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #learning #education
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom. https://www.amphilsoc.org/tags/words-wisdom
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #learning #education
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge…is the only guardian of true liberty." James Madison (APS 1785)
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom. https://www.amphilsoc.org/tags/words-wisdom
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #learning #education
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom. https://www.amphilsoc.org/tags/words-wisdom
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #learning #education
Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant received a Franklin Grant in 2025 for her project “Finding a Pearl in the Jewel of the Delta: Uncovering a Woman Co-Founder of Mound Bayou, Mississippi"
Learn more in her recent blog! https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/marbl/2025/10/09/beauboeuf-lafontant/
Learn more in her recent blog! https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/marbl/2025/10/09/beauboeuf-lafontant/
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Tamara Beauboeuf-Lafontant received a Franklin Grant in 2025 for her project “Finding a Pearl in the Jewel of the Delta: Uncovering a Woman Co-Founder of Mound Bayou, Mississippi"
Learn more in her recent blog! https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/marbl/2025/10/09/beauboeuf-lafontant/
Learn more in her recent blog! https://scholarblogs.emory.edu/marbl/2025/10/09/beauboeuf-lafontant/
Episode 1 of Useful Knowledge, A Podcast: “Seeing Ourselves Through Ancient Eyes: Mary Beard on the Utility of History” is now live!
https://www.amphilsoc.org/useful-knowledge-podcast#paragraph-3463
#usefulknowledge #rome #history
https://www.amphilsoc.org/useful-knowledge-podcast#paragraph-3463
#usefulknowledge #rome #history
November 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Episode 1 of Useful Knowledge, A Podcast: “Seeing Ourselves Through Ancient Eyes: Mary Beard on the Utility of History” is now live!
https://www.amphilsoc.org/useful-knowledge-podcast#paragraph-3463
#usefulknowledge #rome #history
https://www.amphilsoc.org/useful-knowledge-podcast#paragraph-3463
#usefulknowledge #rome #history
It's Native American Heritage Month! Today’s Meeting Monday comes from Robert. J. Miller (APS 2014) who is the first Native American elected to the APS!
Here he discusses the Indian Law Bombshell case: McGirt v. Oklahoma! https://youtu.be/nrvXE7Pu5w8?si=bN8z5P7zy8lpllE2
#nativeamerica #scotus
Here he discusses the Indian Law Bombshell case: McGirt v. Oklahoma! https://youtu.be/nrvXE7Pu5w8?si=bN8z5P7zy8lpllE2
#nativeamerica #scotus
November 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It's Native American Heritage Month! Today’s Meeting Monday comes from Robert. J. Miller (APS 2014) who is the first Native American elected to the APS!
Here he discusses the Indian Law Bombshell case: McGirt v. Oklahoma! https://youtu.be/nrvXE7Pu5w8?si=bN8z5P7zy8lpllE2
#nativeamerica #scotus
Here he discusses the Indian Law Bombshell case: McGirt v. Oklahoma! https://youtu.be/nrvXE7Pu5w8?si=bN8z5P7zy8lpllE2
#nativeamerica #scotus
Lucy Shapiro (APS 2003) receives the 2025 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science! https://laskerfoundation.org/winners/pioneering-approach-to-bacterial-cell-biology-national-leadership/
#biology #apsmembers #science #bacteria
#biology #apsmembers #science #bacteria
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Lucy Shapiro (APS 2003) receives the 2025 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science! https://laskerfoundation.org/winners/pioneering-approach-to-bacterial-cell-biology-national-leadership/
#biology #apsmembers #science #bacteria
#biology #apsmembers #science #bacteria
"human values and science cannot be separated" Baruch S. Blumberg (APS 1986)
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #science
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #science
October 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"human values and science cannot be separated" Baruch S. Blumberg (APS 1986)
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #science
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #science
The American Revolution, historical scholarship, and the role of the APS in fostering intellectual inquiry!
This week's meeting Monday from Patrick Spero highlights the live of Andre Michaux! https://youtu.be/Bw0EiZ3mR6k?si=C8oWn5AGNR7bP-UC
#meetingmonday #botany #archives #earlyamerica
This week's meeting Monday from Patrick Spero highlights the live of Andre Michaux! https://youtu.be/Bw0EiZ3mR6k?si=C8oWn5AGNR7bP-UC
#meetingmonday #botany #archives #earlyamerica
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The American Revolution, historical scholarship, and the role of the APS in fostering intellectual inquiry!
This week's meeting Monday from Patrick Spero highlights the live of Andre Michaux! https://youtu.be/Bw0EiZ3mR6k?si=C8oWn5AGNR7bP-UC
#meetingmonday #botany #archives #earlyamerica
This week's meeting Monday from Patrick Spero highlights the live of Andre Michaux! https://youtu.be/Bw0EiZ3mR6k?si=C8oWn5AGNR7bP-UC
#meetingmonday #botany #archives #earlyamerica