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Literature

Writer-in-Residence: Chigozie Obioma

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15

Tue Aug 15, 2017 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Aspen, CO

Hooch Craft Cocktail Bar
The Brain

The Organized Mind: Using Neuroscience to Navigate the Age of Information Overload

AUG

16

Wed Aug 16, 2017 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Aspen, CO

Paepcke Auditorium
Sports

2017 Project Play Summit

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06

Wed Sep 6, 2017 through Thu Sep 7, 2017

Washington, DC

The Newseum's
Knight Conference Center
US Economy

Rural-Grown, Local-Owned Manufacturing

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08

Fri Sep 8, 2017 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Washington, DC

The Aspen Institute
Energy

The 2017 Forum on the Future of Nuclear Energy

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11

Mon Sep 11, 2017 through Thu Sep 14, 2017

Aspen, CO

Aspen Meadows Resort
Culture

Innovation and Culture at the Border

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12

Tue Sep 12, 2017 8:30 am - 12:30 pm

San Diego, CA

Weaver Conference Center at the Institute of the Americas

News, Ideas, & Past Events

So What?

Are Facts Persuasive?

Reaching a consensus gets more difficult when people can’t agree that authoritative facts exist.

BY Aspen Planning and Evaluation Program

Blog Post

8 hours ago
Civic Action

A National Strategy on Pluralism

Learning history and engaging with one another can help us combat the threats facing our civil society.

BY Meryl Justin Chertoff & 1 more

Blog Post

10 hours ago
Civic Action

Reactivating Our American Citizenship

After recent events in Charlottesville, how can we all stand up against bigotry and hate?

BY Caroline Hopper

Blog Post

12 hours ago
Identity and Equity

Addressing Tech's Diversity Gap

A recent memo written by a Google engineer has sparked a new debate over diversity in Silicon Valley.

BY Dominique Harrison

Blog Post

2 days ago
Colleges and Universities

Restoring Faith in Higher Education

Why do so many Americans have an unfavorable view of colleges and universities?

BY Josh Wyner

Blog Post

2 days ago
Around the Institute

Letter from the Division

Greetings and welcome to Youth & Engagement Programs’ first newsletter! Much has changed since we announced the creation of the newe

BY Youth & Engagement Programs

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2 days ago
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The Aspen Journal of Ideas is a curated digital collection of essays, conversations and opinions from experts and thought leaders of the Aspen Institute community.

K-12 Education

A Magic Wand In Human Form

Step details the story of three remarkable students and their senior year at the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women (BLSYW).

BY Karen Gross

Journal of Ideas

1 week ago
Water

Imagine an Internet of Water

A simple experiment: what is the quality of the water coming out of your tap today? What do you know about the water that you and your famil

BY Martin Doyle, & 1 more

Journal of Ideas

1 week ago
Civic Action

Revisiting the Coder's Code of Ethics

Add one more group to the growing list of those jolted into self-examination and action in the wake of the 2016 election. There are the wome

BY Louise Lief

Journal of Ideas

07.24.2017
Colleges and Universities

Why Change Is So Difficult

For decades, I have been thinking and writing about change and its importance, particularly in the context of education. I have written, inc

BY Karen Gross

Journal of Ideas

07.12.2017
Long-Term Capitalism

Rethinking the Anti-Capitalist Mentality

All people, however fanatical they may be in their zeal to disparage and to fight capitalism, implicitly pay homage to it by passionately cl

BY Ricardo Salinas

Journal of Ideas

06.16.2017
Colleges and Universities

On University Accreditation, Data Isn't Enough

The Office of Post-Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education just released a new website designed to provide users with the ac

BY Karen Gross

Journal of Ideas

05.04.2017

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