APS Member News Digest: July 23, 2026
July 23, 2026
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Photo: Anita LaFrance Allen, via The Future of Privacy Forum
Election to the American Philosophical Society honors extraordinary accomplishments in all fields. Those accomplishments don’t end upon induction, however. In this week’s APS Member News Digest, read about privacy, vaccines, and neural interfaces.
- Anita LaFrance Allen (APS 2022) has received a 2026 Career Achievement Award from the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum
- Paul Offit (APS 2023) spoke with Reuters about vaccine safety, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the Department of Health and Human Services
- David Blight (APS 2021) presented at the Bavarian American Academy’s Annual Conference on the topic of free speech and freedom of thought
- John A. Rogers (APS 2026) will present ”Bioelectronic Systems as Neural Interfaces” at the second PAIR-Cambridge NeuroWorks online neuroscience seminar
- APS Members sound off on The Odyssey: Mary Beard (APS 2012) reviewed the Nolan film for The Times, while Daniel Mendelsohn (APS 2006) went on Fareed Zakaria GPS to discuss