Dante Cicchetti, McKnight Presidential Chair and William Harris Professor of Child Psychology and Psychiatry at the Institute of Child Development, was officially inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on October 10, 2015. The induction ceremony took place at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Longtime friends, colleagues, and current Academy members Dick Aslin, William R. Kenan Professor of Brain and Cognitive sciences at the University of Rochester, and Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education, were present to congratulate and welcome Cicchetti into the Academy as a member of the 2015 class.
The Chair of the Academy’s Board of Directors, Don Randel, welcomed the members: “We are honored to include these inductees in our Book of Members. They have demonstrated not only excellence in their fields, but also a commitment to serving society through their accomplishments.” This was the 235th time the Academy of Arts and Sciences has inducted a new class of members.
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is one of the nation’s most prestigious honorary societies and is a leading center for independent policy research. Established in 1780, the Academy serves the nation as a champion of scholarship, civil dialogue, and useful knowledge.
There were two other University of Minnesota faculty members inducted to the Academy with Cicchetti as noted in the UMN Driven to Discover News here.
