Nancy Nersessian, Regents' Professor with a joint appointment in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and the College of Computing, has been named by the American Philosophical Society (APS) as the recipient of the Patrick Suppes Prize in Philosophy of Science.

This prestigious prize recognizes outstanding work in philosophy, psychology or neuroscience, and history of science. Nersessian, who teaches in the School of Public Policy and the School of Interactive Computing, has been awarded this prize for her work in Philosophy of Science. Her research focuses on creativity, innovation and conceptual change in science and interdisciplinary engineering research.

The APS is the country's first learned society, playing an important role in American cultural and intellectual life for over 250 years by promoting useful knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach. This honor is especially unique because there are very few philosophy prizes and they are not often awarded to interdisciplinary intellectuals. Nersessian accepts the prize without hesitation, saying "It's an honor I never would of conceived of receiving. Needless to say, I accept!"

The prize, which carries a $10,000 stipend, will be presented to Nersessian during the APS biannual meeting on April 29, 2011.