Awards Event Schedule

Discussion with Kizzmekia Corbett, 2021 Benjamin Franklin NextGen Award
Moderated by Franklin Institute Chief Bioscientist Dr. Jayatri Das and STEM Scholars Student Taleen Hamad

Featuring:      
Kizzmekia S. Corbett, Ph.D., Laureate
National Institutes of Health

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Contact: Beth Scheraga, The Franklin Institute

Hosted by The Franklin Institute

9:45 AM–3:00 PM: The Past, Present And Future Of Formal Semantics​

Laureate symposium honoring Barbara Partee, 2021 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science

Featuring:   

Barbara H. Partee, Ph.D., FBA, Laureate
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Seth Cable, Ph.D.
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Gennaro Chierchia, Ph.D.
Harvard University

Pauline Jacobson, Ph.D.
Brown University

Christopher Potts, Ph.D.
Stanford University

Florian Schwarz, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania

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Contact:  Prof. Charles Yang, University of Pennsylvania

Hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Department of Linguistics, Department of Computer and Information Science, Initiative in Integrated Language Science and Technology, and MindCORE
 

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1:30–2:45 PM: Color Vision, X-Chromosome Inactivation, And The Female Advantage​

Laureate address by Jeremy Nathans, 2021 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science

Featuring:       
Jeremy Nathans, M.D., Ph.D., Laureate
Johns Hopkins Medical School

Contact: Prof. Salil Lachke, University of Delaware

Hosted by the Department of Biological Sciences and Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Program, University of Delaware

Colloquium featuring Margaret Murnane, 2021 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics

Featuring:       

Margaret M. Murnane, Ph.D., Laureate
University of Colorado at Boulder

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Contact:  Beth Scheraga, The Franklin Institute (contact for Zoom link)

Hosted by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania

Discussion with Monica Turner, 2021 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Science
Moderated by Franklin Institute Environmental Scientist Dr. Rachel Valletta

Featuring:       

Monica G. Turner, Ph.D., Laureate
University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Contact:  Beth Scheraga, The Franklin Institute

Hosted by The Franklin Institute

Laureate address by Margaret Murnane, 2021 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics

Featuring:       

Margaret M. Murnane, Ph.D., Laureate
University of Colorado at Boulder

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Contact: Beth Scheraga, The Franklin Institute

Hosted by The Franklin Institute and the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Pennsylvania

Laureate symposium honoring C. Daniel Mote, Jr., 2021 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering

Featuring:       

C. Daniel Mote, Jr., Ph.D., Laureate
University of Maryland
National Academy of Engineering

Contact: Prof. C. Nataraj, Villanova University

Hosted by the Villanova Center for Analytics of Dynamic Systems, Villanova University

Symposium honoring Kunihiko Fukushima, 2021 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science

Featuring:       

Kunihiko Fukushima, Ph.D., Laureate
Fuzzy Logic Systems Institute
Osaka University, Former
NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories, Former

Tomaso Poggio, Ph.D.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jürgen Schmidhuber, Ph.D. 
NNAISENSE and the Dale Mole Institute of A. I. Research (IDSIA) 

Terry Sejnowski, Ph.D.
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
University of California, San Diego

Bernard Widrow, Sc.D.
Stanford University

Donald Wunsch, Ph.D.
Missouri Institute of Science and Technology

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Contact: Prof. Bahram Nabet, Drexel University

Hosted by Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science

The Franklin Institute Awards Ceremony is presented by

This program will be accessible to all at no charge via livestream. 

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Contact: Beth Scheraga, The Franklin Institute