The Henry and Bryna David Lecture

The Henry and Bryna David Endowment awards innovative research in the behavioral and social sciences by selecting a leading expert and researcher to write an article in their field to be presented at the National Academy of Sciences and published in Issues in Science and Technology.

2011 Award

Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Public Policy?

Dr. Laurence Steinberg (bio)

Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology
Temple University

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2010 Award

Rules versus Technologies as the Escape from the Great Distress

Dr. Paul Romer (bio)

Senior Fellow, SCID (Stanford Center for International Development) and SIEPR (Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research)
Stanford University

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2009 Award

The Affordability Problem: How Colleges and Government Can Work Together

Dr. Bridget Terry Long (bio)

Professor of Education and Economics
Harvard Graduate School of Education

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2008 Award

The Role of Technology Transfer in Economic Development: Asian Successes vs. Middle Eastern Failures

Dr. Howard Pack (bio)

Professor of Business and Public Policy and Professor of Management in the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

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Powerpoint presentation

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2006 Award

Growing Old or Living Long: Take Your Pick

Dr. Laura Carstensen (bio)

Professor of Psychology Department and Director of the Stanford Center on Longevity

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Powerpoint presentation

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2004 Award

Economics, Computer Science, and Policy

Michael Kearns (bio)

Professor of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania

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2002 Award

Memory Faults and Fixes

Elizabeth F. Loftus (bio)

Distinguished Professor of Social Ecology – Psychology & Social Behavior and Criminology, Law and Society

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