Yu Xie has given the 2013 Henry and Bryna David Lecture at the National Academy of Sciences.  The lecture is sponsored by the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) of the National Research Council, and is awarded to an innovative researcher in the behavioral and social sciences, and is presented annually at the National Academy of Sciences.

A video of his lecture, "Is American Science in Decline?", is available on the DBASSE website.