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Ken Burns at the LBJ Presidential Library, 2017
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 the advancement of American history, FDA clearance, and an award in biomedical technology.
- Ken Burns (APS 2011) is the inaugural winner of the David M. Rubenstein Prize for the Advancement of American History from The New York Historical. Annette Gordon-Reed (APS 2019) was among the prize jury.
- United Therapeutics, headed by founder and CEO Martine Rothblatt (APS 2008), has received FDA clearance for clinical trial in treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
- Harold Varmus (APS 1994) and fellow scientists have been honored with the Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology for developing the cochlear implant.