ABS members Strassmann and Queller elected fellows of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Strassmann and Queller are well-known for their pioneering studies on the evolution of sociality, cooperation and conflict. The focus of their current work is the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum.

The academy's 2008 honorees also include U.S. Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice John Paul Stevens; soprano Dawn Upshaw; Nobel laureate Linda Buck, who discovered a molecular understanding of the sense of smell; computer company founder Michael Dell; astronomer Adam Riess, who contributed to the discovery of dark energy; electrical engineer Henry Smith, the father of x-ray lithography; and Academy Award-winning filmmakers Ethan and Joel Cohen, and Pedro Almodóvar.

An independent policy research center, the Academy undertakes studies of complex and emerging problems. Its diverse membership of scholars and practitioners from many disciplines and professions gives the Academy a unique capacity to conduct a wide range of interdisciplinary, long-term policy research. Current studies focus on science, technology and global security; social policy and American institutions; the humanities and culture; and education. More information is available at http://www.amacad.org/.

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