Congratulations to CAm’s Board Member Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Clare College 1973) on receiving an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Yale at its 324th Commencement! The citation for Professor Gates is as follows: “To put it plainly, you are a phenomenon. In your books, editions, anthologies, documentaries, and TV series ‘Finding Your Roots,’ you have been an institution builder and drum major for the cultural and intellectual tradition of African American literature and scholarship. You have shown, as Martin Luther King said, that ‘darkness cannot drive out darkness — only light can do that.’ To learn more about Professor Gates, visit https://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/people/henry-louis-gates-jr #HenryLouisGatesJr #ClareCollege #FindingYourRoots #CambridgeUniversity (fb)

CAm welcomed Professor Sonja Amadae, new Director of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) at Cambridge University at a special reception hosted by philanthropist Carl Feinberg in NYC. From nuclear threats to climate change to AI, CSER studies existential and global catastrophic risks and fosters a worldwide community dedicated to their mitigation. Special guests included Astronomer Royal, Professor Lord Martin Rees and Vice-Chancellor Deborah Prentice. To learn more about the event, visit ow.ly/sQvP50VV6V0 To learn more about the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, visit www.cser.ac.uk #CSERCambridge #CambridgeUniversity (fb)