Historian Carla Hesse and chemist Jeffrey Long were named to the oldest scholarly society in the nation.
By Robert Sanders
Carla Hesse and Jeffrey Long are UC Berkeley's newest members of the American Philosophical Society.
UC Berkeley
May 13, 2026
Historian Carla Hesse and chemist Jeffrey Long were named to the oldest scholarly society in the nation.
Historian Carla Hesse and chemist Jeffrey Long were named to the oldest scholarly society in the nation.
By Robert Sanders
Carla Hesse and Jeffrey Long are UC Berkeley's newest members of the American Philosophical Society.
UC Berkeley
May 13, 2026

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