Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain Announces Inaugural Class of Transition to Independence Fellows

 Simons Foundation, July 2022

Three talented early-career scientists in systems and computational neuroscience have been selected as the first Simons Collaboration on Plasticity and the Aging Brain Transition to Independence fellows. The fellowship aims to support neuroscientists from historically underrepresented backgrounds, recognizing that diversity improves scientific innovation and collaboration in the field of cognitive aging.

Flatiron Institute Partners With the European Space Agency for Latest Gaia Data Release

 Simons Foundation, June 2022

From its orbit hundreds of thousands of kilometers above Earth, the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft has observed and mapped our galaxy’s stars with unprecedented detail since its launch in 2013. Today, ESA will release the latest batch of the mission’s data: data release 3 (DR3). For this release, the Flatiron Institute has joined the ESA as a partner data center and will host the full DR3 dataset for the public to access.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects 11 Simons Research Grantees

 Simons Foundation, May 2022

Eleven Simons Foundation grantees and one board member are among the latest cohort of prominent artists, scholars, scientists and leaders elected as fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The academy is one of the oldest and most prestigious learned societies in the United States. It convenes leaders from across disciplines to address critical challenges facing society. In 2022, the academy inducted 261 new members.

Quanta Magazine’s New Podcast, ‘The Joy of Why,’ Ponders the Big Questions

 Simons Foundation, May 2022

They’re the questions that keep scientists up at night: Why did life begin? Are space and time fundamental or emergent properties of the universe? Why do women usually outlive men? Why do we have to sleep? In “The Joy of Why,” a new podcast by Quanta Magazine, mathematician and author Steven Strogatz interviews leading scientists and mathematicians about some of the universe’s biggest unanswered questions.