Sarah Mangelsdorf, currently the president of the University of Rochester, in Rochester, New York, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She received her PhD from the Institute of Child Development (ICD) in 1988. Her advisors were Megan Gunnar and Alan Sroufe. This spring she was awarded an Outstanding Achievement Award from the University of Minnesota.

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is both an honorary society that recognizes and celebrates the excellence of its members and an independent research center convening leaders from across disciplines, professions, and perspectives to address significant challenges.