The Aspen Institute in the News 2008

• The U.S.-Palestinian Public-Private Partnership explores opportunities for investment in Palestine as international pressure to boost the Palestinian economy increases (The Arab American News, Israel Told to Tackle West Bank Plight, May 3, 2008)

• Clark Kent Ervin recommends key changes in procurement operations for the Department of Homeland Security (HS Today, Advice to Next Administration: Strengthen Procurement, May 2, 2008)

• 19 former Foreign Ministers release an op-ed on the political implications of climate change under the auspices of the Aspen Atlantic Group (Coming together on climate, Boston Globe, April 8, 2008)

• Catto Fellows explore environmental issues at the inaugural Aspen Environmental Forum (On the Path, Aspen Times, April 7, 2008)

• The Aspen Environment Forum commences on March 26. Read Aspen Institute to Host National Geographic Forum (Aspen Times, March 24, 2008)

• Gary Huggins, director of the Institute's Commission on No Child Left Behind is quoted in the article 'No Child' Is Credited With Pushing Many to Higher Levels of Achievement (The Washington Post, March 17, 2008)

• Walter Isaacson writes in the Washington Post, "Let's Help the Good Guys in the West Bank" (March 5, 2008)

• Artist Andy Goldsworthy spoke at the new Doerr-Hosier Center on the Aspen Meadows campus: 'This building is nature, too' (The Aspen Times, February 18, 2008)

• Walter Isaacson blogs for the Huffington Post on Benazir Bhutto's new book, Reconciliation (The Huffington Post, February 12, 2008).

• The Aspen Institute and National Geographic are hosting the first Aspen Environment Forum in March 2008 (Aspen Daily News, February 11, 2008).