Spotlight
Nicholas B. Dirks
President and CEO
A widely respected and highly influential historian and anthropologist, and a prominent leader in higher education, in June 2020, Dirks assumed leadership of The New York Academy of Sciences as President and Chief Executive Officer. Founded in 1817, The New York Academy is among the oldest scientific organizations in the United States. The mission of the Academy is to drive innovative solutions to society’s challenges by advancing scientific research, education, and policy.
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Speaking Appearances
Opinion and Op-Ed Articles
Who would be a university president in America right now?
Financial Times
Trump’s Assault on Universities Is a Wake-Up Call
The Atlantic
Charting a course for science during Trump’s second term
The Hill
The University in Ruins
LinkedIn Pulse
Faculty-administrator distrust is making US universities ungovernable
Times Higher Education
The End of Disenchantment and the Future of the Humanities
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Ambivalence Over AI: We Are All Prometheus Now
Undark
Higher Education’s Donor Problem
TIME
Don’t let geopolitics get in the way of scientific cooperation with China
The Hill
Campus leaders shouldn’t be judged on their political pronouncements
Times Higher Education
Why we need to build an implicit trust in science
Khaleej Times
Podcasts, Interviews, and Conferences
Universities Under Attack | New University in Exile Consorti
The Future of AI in Higher Education and Scientific Research | Regulating AI Podcast
Trump’s War on Universities | Capitalisn’t Podcast
Embattled University | Center for Brooklyn History
Research Integrity and Scientific Publishing | People & Science Live presented by Karger Publishers
The International Science Reserve and AI | Nation Radio Podcast
The Uses and Abuses of the Modern University | The Politics Guys
The Delicate Balance of Teaching and Research in Modern Academia | unSILOed Podcast
What Are Universities For? | The Commonweal Podcast
Beyond Berkeley: Lessons from a University Chancellor on the Front Lines | dotEDU
Free Speech, Controversy, and the University | Chasing Leviathan
The Uses and Abuses of the University – Where Does Higher Ed Go from Here? | The Realignment
The Changing Culture of the University | The PhD Life Raft Podcast
Applying Scientific Insights to Global Challenges | When Science Speaks
Science, Truth, And Trust |The Thought Stretchers Education Podcast
