Francesca Zambello is the artistic director of Glimmerglass Opera and the artistic adviser to the Washington National Opera. At an Institute roundtable Tuesday, Zambello talked about ways to make opera more palatable to a general audience because as she says, "the word 'opera' it just turns off a lot of people."
Here's how she says she did it at Glimmerglass: Read More
In the good ol' days, except on rare occasions, business stories were found on the business page. That is no longer the case. Take the last couple of months.
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To get folks off the grid, MIT Professor Dan Nocera is replicating the photosynthesis process in an artifical environment to create energy and he wants to do it cheaply. Nocera was recently profiled in the New Yorker.
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Innovation and entrepreneurial approaches to improving education are a major focus of the Institute’s work on education. At the recent NewSchools-Aspen Institute Summit 2012, we explored these issues with leading experts, thinkers, and front-line practitioners from across the country.
Filed in Blog Topics: New Schools Venture Fund, education reform, Education Nation, Education and Society Program
Anne Slater, the wife of longtime Aspen Institute president Joseph Slater, passed away this week at the age of 94. Slater became president of the Institute in 1969, and Anne was at his side throughout his extraordinary service. She will be missed.
"It just seemed to me that it was totally unfair that someone born into different circumstances than me didn't have the same opportunities.” Philanthropist and businessman George Kaiser offered this insight into his giving philosophy during Ascend’s May 3 – 4 learning trip to Tulsa, where the George Kaiser Family Fou
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The Institute’s Manufacturing and Society Program’s Executive Director Thomas J. Duesterberg addresses the application of the German Model to the American manufacturing sector, and introduces a high-level convening to examine the possibilities. Read More
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In Washington it is said that no politician is indispensable, but Senator Dick Lugar is as close as it comes. Over four decades, Senator Lugar has served his constituents and the American people with the quiet dignity and practical leadership that is becoming a rarity in Congress.
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Though the event centered on her latest book, Prague Winter: a Story of Remembrance and War, Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright did field a question about current US dealings with China. Read More
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On March 4, former Secretary of State and Institute trustee Madeleine Albright came to the Czech Embassy for a candid conversation with Institute President Walter Isaacson on her new book, Prague Winter, which w
Filed in Blog Topics: The Alma and Joseph Gildenhorn Book Series, Prague Winter, Madeleine Albright, history
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