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“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
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
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 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
"Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army." Edward Everett (APS 1831)
Since 1743, APS's mission has been "the cultivation of useful knowledge" Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
Since 1743, APS's mission has been "the cultivation of useful knowledge" Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
October 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army." Edward Everett (APS 1831)
Since 1743, APS's mission has been "the cultivation of useful knowledge" Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
Since 1743, APS's mission has been "the cultivation of useful knowledge" Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
The use of sound waves to detect a “whole ocean” temperature required finding a remote location. Heard Island, located 2,500 miles off the west coast of Australia, was suitably secluded.
"Episode Two: Creating an Experiment" is now available: https://www.amphilsoc.org/heard-island-experiment
"Episode Two: Creating an Experiment" is now available: https://www.amphilsoc.org/heard-island-experiment
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The use of sound waves to detect a “whole ocean” temperature required finding a remote location. Heard Island, located 2,500 miles off the west coast of Australia, was suitably secluded.
"Episode Two: Creating an Experiment" is now available: https://www.amphilsoc.org/heard-island-experiment
"Episode Two: Creating an Experiment" is now available: https://www.amphilsoc.org/heard-island-experiment
You're invited to an evening about the big-picture editing that makes for better publications!
This Wednesday the APS Press is hosting its fifth publishing salon of the year! https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/publishing-salon-developmental-editing
#writers #publishing
This Wednesday the APS Press is hosting its fifth publishing salon of the year! https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/publishing-salon-developmental-editing
#writers #publishing
October 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
You're invited to an evening about the big-picture editing that makes for better publications!
This Wednesday the APS Press is hosting its fifth publishing salon of the year! https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/publishing-salon-developmental-editing
#writers #publishing
This Wednesday the APS Press is hosting its fifth publishing salon of the year! https://www.amphilsoc.org/events/publishing-salon-developmental-editing
#writers #publishing
The Growth of Useful Knowledge!
This week’s Meeting Monday from 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences awardee Joel Mokyr discusses Useful knowledge during the Enlightenment! https://youtu.be/jgRCQ7EQNgM?si=ZGan6ZsDfat7vL-d
#meetingmonday #historyofscience #economics #nobelprize
This week’s Meeting Monday from 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences awardee Joel Mokyr discusses Useful knowledge during the Enlightenment! https://youtu.be/jgRCQ7EQNgM?si=ZGan6ZsDfat7vL-d
#meetingmonday #historyofscience #economics #nobelprize
October 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The Growth of Useful Knowledge!
This week’s Meeting Monday from 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences awardee Joel Mokyr discusses Useful knowledge during the Enlightenment! https://youtu.be/jgRCQ7EQNgM?si=ZGan6ZsDfat7vL-d
#meetingmonday #historyofscience #economics #nobelprize
This week’s Meeting Monday from 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences awardee Joel Mokyr discusses Useful knowledge during the Enlightenment! https://youtu.be/jgRCQ7EQNgM?si=ZGan6ZsDfat7vL-d
#meetingmonday #historyofscience #economics #nobelprize
"We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal." Toni Morrison (APS 1994)
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
October 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal." Toni Morrison (APS 1994)
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
Check back weekly for APS Members' words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
"Knowledge in every country is the surest basis of public happiness." George Washington (APS 1780)
Since 1743, APS Members have supported useful knowledge! Check back weekly for their words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #GeorgeWashington #amrev #americanrevolution
Since 1743, APS Members have supported useful knowledge! Check back weekly for their words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #GeorgeWashington #amrev #americanrevolution
October 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Knowledge in every country is the surest basis of public happiness." George Washington (APS 1780)
Since 1743, APS Members have supported useful knowledge! Check back weekly for their words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #GeorgeWashington #amrev #americanrevolution
Since 1743, APS Members have supported useful knowledge! Check back weekly for their words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom #GeorgeWashington #amrev #americanrevolution
"All the institutions of every name for the promotion of useful knowledge should be... supported from the public purse." Alexander Dallas Bache (APS 1829)
Since 1743, APS Members have supported useful knowledge! Check back weekly for their words of wisdom. #wordsofwisdom
Since 1743, APS Members have supported useful knowledge! Check back weekly for their words of wisdom. #wordsofwisdom
October 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"All the institutions of every name for the promotion of useful knowledge should be... supported from the public purse." Alexander Dallas Bache (APS 1829)
Since 1743, APS Members have supported useful knowledge! Check back weekly for their words of wisdom. #wordsofwisdom
Since 1743, APS Members have supported useful knowledge! Check back weekly for their words of wisdom. #wordsofwisdom
"We especially need imagination in science..." Maria Mitchell (APS 1869)
Since 1743, APS Members have supported the cultivation of useful knowledge through intellectual inquiry and critical thought. Check back weekly for their words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
Since 1743, APS Members have supported the cultivation of useful knowledge through intellectual inquiry and critical thought. Check back weekly for their words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
October 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"We especially need imagination in science..." Maria Mitchell (APS 1869)
Since 1743, APS Members have supported the cultivation of useful knowledge through intellectual inquiry and critical thought. Check back weekly for their words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
Since 1743, APS Members have supported the cultivation of useful knowledge through intellectual inquiry and critical thought. Check back weekly for their words of wisdom.
#usefulknowledge #wordsofwisdom
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
October 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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
Congrats to Robbert Dijkgraaf (APS 2013) and Terrence J. Sejnowski (APS 2025) on being elected as Fellows of the @royalsociety.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Congrats to Robbert Dijkgraaf (APS 2013) and Terrence J. Sejnowski (APS 2025) on being elected as Fellows of the @royalsociety.bsky.social
In recognition of the accomplished life of physicist, researcher, inventor, and engineer, Richard Garwin (APS 1979), learn about his work through his newly-processed, 219 linear feet long collection at the APS. as.amphilsoc.org/repositories...
May 20, 2025 at 9:36 PM
In recognition of the accomplished life of physicist, researcher, inventor, and engineer, Richard Garwin (APS 1979), learn about his work through his newly-processed, 219 linear feet long collection at the APS. as.amphilsoc.org/repositories...