47th Pullias Lecture

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation President Dr. Stacie Bloom Set as 2026 Pullias Lecture Speaker

Stacie Bloom, incoming president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, will serve as the speaker for the 47th Pullias Lecture on Tuesday, April 7, 2026 at USC.

Prior to assuming the helm of the Sloan Foundation in January 2026, Bloom led the research planning, strategy, commercialization and operations across all fields of discovery at New York University, including its many schools, colleges and global campuses. During her tenure, Bloom focused on driving research excellence, increasing the number of research-active faculty, facilitating entrepreneurship and innovation, and dramatically increasing research partnerships.

Bloom is scheduled to speak to the role of philanthropy in supporting higher education – and science, more broadly – in not just surviving, but thriving, through the challenging times facing many colleges and universities.