Ray Jackendoff, co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and Seth Merrin professor of philosophy at Tufts University, was named the 2014 recipient of the David E. Rumelhart Prize on Aug. 2. Jackendoff, a Life Member of the LSA and a past President (2003) of the organization, is the first theoretical linguist to win the prize awarded by the Cognitive Science Society. Read more …