Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Summer 2022

Those in favor of the court AN IACC: The participants con- to allow whistleblowers to accept suggested ways to strengthen the sidered whether recognizing do- a portion of the frozen funds, proposal to improve the effective- mestic anti-corruption laws rath- whether all the funds should be ness of the court. [...] er than defining them specifi- returned to the treasuries of the Some of the key ideas to emerge cally in the statute would help nations in which they were mis- from the discussion include: promote agreement, and wheth- appropriated, or whether, in cas- THE JURISDICTION OF THE er initial negotiations could pro- es in which the state itself is COURT: The group debated ceed more effectively within. [...] The Higher Education Forum at the Academy By Kimberlee Eberle-Sudré, Program Director of Education and the Development of Knowledge at the Academy O n June 13–16, 2022, the Commission on Reimagining Our We are grateful to the many Academy held the inaugu- Economy and the Commission speakers and attendees who chal-ral Higher Education Fo- on Accelerating Climate Action– lenged us to explore differi. [...] The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was founded by a group of patriots who de- Your research reveals the significance of an voted their lives to “cultivating every art and African American aesthetic, the ironies and science which may tend to advance the inter- serious play of a vernacular tradition that is est, honor, dignity, and happiness of a free, and has always been at the very center o. [...] He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013 and serves as a member of the Academy’s Board of Directors and a member of the Academy’s Trust.