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  • Welcome Letter Winter 2018/2019
    Around the Institute
    Welcome Letter Winter 2018/2019
    It should go without saying but somehow it doesn’t: the range of people the Institute draws in, and who are drawn to the Institute, is year to year a source of constant surprise.

    BY Corby Kummer

    12.15.2018

  • By the Numbers Winter 2018/2019
    Around the Institute
    By the Numbers Winter 2018/2019
    If every American Talent Initiative school enrolled 40 more low- and moderate-income community college transfer students as juniors each year, ATI would be halfway to reaching its 50,000-BY-2025 goal.

    BY Institute Staff

    12.15.2018

  • Sea Change
    The Environment
    Sea Change
    “Taking action to protect our ocean,” Earle says, “is still the best hope for maintaining the integrity of our human existence.”

    BY Institute Staff

    12.15.2018

    • Big Talk in the Big Easy
      Urban Innovation
      Big Talk in the Big Easy
      In October, the Socrates Program and the New Orleans Business Alliance partnered for a special Socrates Salon, “Change and Opportunity: The Future of Work and Learning.”

      BY Institute Staff

      12.15.2018

    • Keep the Faith
      Free Speech and Religion
      Keep the Faith
      For societies to thrive, they must share a set of common values that undergird social and governmental interactions.

      BY Institute Staff

      12.15.2018

    • What to Read this Winter
      Literature
      What to Read this Winter
      Aspen Words will welcome authors at the height of their careers to discuss their work at the 22nd annual Winter Words series in Aspen. Even if you can’t make it to Aspen, here are seven titles to add to your reading list.

      BY Institute Staff

      12.15.2018

      • Making the Most of Motor City
        Urban Innovation
        Making the Most of Motor City
        The Institute along with The Atlantic and Bloomberg Philanthropies hosted the sixth annual CityLab: Urban Solutions to Global Challenges, a forum to highlight innovative urban strategies and leadership.

        BY Institute Staff

        12.15.2018

      • Duty to Warn?
        Health Care
        Duty to Warn?
        “Duty to warn” is when a doctor has a relationship with a patient and he or she has good reason to think that patient will harm a third party—the duty is to inform that third party and/or officials. To say that it extends to people or figures who are not your patient?

        BY Institute Staff

        12.15.2018

      • 10 Years of First Movers
        Society
        10 Years of First Movers
        The planet’s biggest challenges will not be solved without business at the table. That means tapping into business’s experts and social innovators.

        BY Institute Staff

        12.15.2018

        • Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Honored
          Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Honored
          At the sixth annual Madeleine K. Albright Global Development Lecture on November 7, 2018, the Aspen Global Innovators Group honored Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Nobel Laureate and the former president of the Republic of Liberia.

          BY Institute Staff

          12.15.2018

        • A Shot in the Arm for Vaccines
          Health Care
          A Shot in the Arm for Vaccines
          Over the last few years, vaccines have made headlines. Polio is on the cusp of global eradication, advances in technology offer the promise of new vaccines, and social media have contributed to the spread of pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.

          BY Institute Staff

          12.15.2018

        • Tech in the City
          Urban Innovation
          Tech in the City
          An event hosted by the Institute’s Center for Urban Innovation explored how digitalization and automation encourages new approaches to city governance.

          BY Institute Staff

          12.15.2018

          • Meet the 2018 McNulty Prize Winner & Laureates
            Meet the 2018 McNulty Prize Winner & Laureates
            Every year, the John P. McNulty Prize celebrates leaders tackling critical challenges across the globe.

            BY Institute Staff

            12.15.2018

          • Across the Pond
            Europe and Russia
            Across the Pond
            The Aspen Initiative for Europe, with leadership from Aspen Institute España and Institut Aspen France, hosted the second edition of its Seminar for Young European Leaders this September in Ronda, Spain.

            BY Institute Staff

            12.15.2018

          • Latinos Mean Business
            Society
            Latinos Mean Business
            After working on Latino economic advancement by producing events, reports, and other programming for more than a year, the Institute’s Latinos and Society Program knows that Latinos are essential to the US economy.

            BY Institute Staff

            12.15.2018

            • Play Favorites
              Sports
              Play Favorites
              At the Institute’s 2018 Project Play Summit, the NBA’s Kobe Bryant urged adults to “get out of the way” and allow children to enjoy less-structured sports.

              BY Institute Staff

              12.15.2018

            • Conversations by the Bay
              Society
              Conversations by the Bay
              This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Institute’s Morris Series on Leadership and Innovation. Made possible by trustee Diane L. Morris, the series brings the Institute to San Francisco and introduces the Bay Area to the Institute’s programs.

              BY Institute Staff

              12.15.2018

            • The Heart of Universal Health
              Global Health
              The Heart of Universal Health
              Across the world, 3.7 billion people lack access to affordable health care, and those who live in vulnerable and remote areas continue to bear the burden of preventable disease and death.

              BY Institute Staff

              12.15.2018

              • Keeping Score
                Employment and Jobs
                Keeping Score
                For the first time, the Institute is entering into an agreement to license intellectual property for an innovative new tool: software that measures job quality and employee diversity.

                BY Institute Staff

                12.15.2018

              • What does it mean to be an American?
                Immigration and Society
                What does it mean to be an American?
                he Institute’s Citizenship and American Identity Program recently published Immigration & Civics: What Every American Should Know, which explores immigrant perspectives on US civic culture.

                BY Institute Staff

                12.15.2018

              • High-Tech and Highly Inclusive
                Finance and Assets
                High-Tech and Highly Inclusive
                To lay out a comprehensive vision for how consumer research, innovation, and smart regulations can transform financial services—and better assist the 70 percent of Americans facing everyday monetary challenges.

                BY Institute Staff

                12.15.2018

                • Appealing to Better Judgment
                  Criminal Law and Justice
                  Appealing to Better Judgment
                  Fourteen judges from the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and its trial courts recently headed to the Institute’s Wye River campus for the third Justice and Society Program custom seminar for the federal courts.

                  BY Institute Staff

                  12.15.2018

                • The Kids are Alright
                  US Education Policy
                  The Kids are Alright
                  The Institute’s National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development will release a report highlighting how communities across the country are finding success by focusing on the whole learner. Treating students holistically is the key to ensuring that young people thrive in school, in their careers, and in life.

                  BY Institute Staff

                  12.15.2018

                • Words in the Wild
                  Literature
                  Words in the Wild
                  Aspen Words teamed up with Aspen Film to present a screening of the new movie Leave No Trace, followed by a “From Book to Big Screen” discussion featuring producer Linda Reisman and novelist Peter Rock, author of My Abandonment, the award-winning novel from which the film is adapted.

                  BY Institute Staff

                  12.15.2018

                  • Aspen Libris
                    Back to the Future
                    Literature
                    Back to the Future
                    Four authors step onto the Institute stage to discuss their latest books. Stuart Eizenstat remembers working with Jimmy Carter, Doris Kearns Goodwin rediscovers the presidency, Arne Duncan looks at the future of education, and David Sanger warns of rising cyber insecurity.

                    BY Institute Staff

                    12.15.2018

                  • As Heard At: Space Corps
                    The Case for Space
                    National Security
                    The Case for Space
                    Garrett Graff, of the Institute’s Cyber & Technology Program, speaks with US Representatives Mike Rogers and Jim Cooper about a space corps to address rising geopolitical threats in outer space.

                    BY Institute Staff

                    12.15.2018

                  • As Heard At: Sports Betting
                    Hedge Your Bets
                    Sports
                    Hedge Your Bets
                    It’s projected that sports betting will be legalized in most states by 2023. As part of its Future of Sports series, the Institute’s Sports & Society Program decided to take a closer look.

                    BY Institute Staff

                    12.15.2018

                    Impact

                    • The Write Way
                      Literature
                      The Write Way
                      Four authors find their paths with Aspen Words.

                      BY Institute Staff

                      12.15.2018

                    • Smart Money
                      Smart Money
                      Ranji Nagaswami knew the finance industry could be a compelling force for good with more effective and enlightened leaders as part of the equation. So she looked to her own experiences at the Institute—and created the Finance Leaders Fellowship.

                      BY Jennifer Simpson

                      12.15.2018

                      Features

                      • Everything in Moderation
                        Around the Institute
                        Everything in Moderation
                        The Institute’s seminars are unique: they rely on great texts and superlative moderators who infuse the room with intellectual rigor and trust. Nicole Corea discovers that just as the Aspen seminar can be life-changing for participants, it can be transcendant for the moderator.

                        BY Nicole Corea

                        12.15.2018

                      • The American West
                        Culture
                        The American West
                        Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Sitting Bull, and Geronimo all made an appearance in the imaginations of Society of Fellows guests at a symposium on 19th-century America. Catherine Lutz tagged along as historians examined a re-created Western town as well as the nation’s storied past.

                        BY Catherine Lutz

                        12.15.2018

                      • Left, Right, & Center
                        US Government
                        Left, Right, & Center
                        The Congressional Program helps elected officials to form relationships across the aisle and find common ground. In other words, it shows them how they can work together.

                        BY Carrie Rowell

                        12.15.2018

                        The Aspen Journal of Ideas

                        • Strong Medicine
                          Health Care
                          Strong Medicine
                          Six former FDA heads met at Spotlight Health and agreed the FDA should be an independent agency. But how would that work? The Health, Medicine and Society Program helped the commissioners to develop a plan to liberate the FDA.

                          BY Ruth J. Katz

                          12.15.2018

                        • Stake Your Claim
                          Workforce Development
                          Stake Your Claim
                          By allowing people to own a piece of the company that employs them, capital share strategies are changing how Americans work and businesses earn—and everyone’s a winner.

                          BY Maureen Conway

                          12.15.2018

                        • Voice of Europe
                          World Affairs
                          Voice of Europe
                          Nationalist ferver is spreading across the Western world, threatening democratic values. Mircea Geoana explains why the Institute’s European branches must activate their leadership networks and map out a more inclusive continent.

                          BY Mircea Geoana

                          12.15.2018

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