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Around the Institute

  • Editor’s Letter Winter 2020/21
    Around the Institute
    Editor’s Letter Winter 2020/21
    After the pandemic struck, none of the Institute's sudden ability to adapt and find new ways to engage would have been possible without the true hero of the Aspen Institute: Ben Eyler, the managing associate in the audio visual department.

    BY Corby Kummer

    12.01.2020

  • By the Numbers Winter 2020/21
    Criminal Law and Justice
    By the Numbers Winter 2020/21
    Criminal justice by the numbers.

    BY Institute Staff

    12.01.2020

  • American Politics: the Next Generation
    US Government
    American Politics: the Next Generation
    How healthy is democracy today? The winner of this year’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize Documentary, Boys State, asks that question.

    BY Institute Staff

    12.01.2020

    • A Call to Mind
      A Call to Mind
      When face-to-face meetings became untenable last March, we launched Resources for Living and Leading.

      BY Institute Staff

      12.01.2020

    • Opportunity Road
      Opportunity Road
      The Institute’s Community Strategies Group launched a virtual-exchange series focused on rural health and equity: the Rural Opportunity and Development, or “ROAD” sessions.

      BY Institute Staff

      12.01.2020

    • America's Place in a Changing World Order
      America's Place in a Changing World Order
      The Aspen Strategy Group virtually assembled its bipartisan group of US and international leaders to discuss foreign policy priorities for 2021 and to explore new themes like racial equality and polarization in America.

      BY Institute Staff

      12.01.2020

      • Twice as Much Work. Not Enough Resources.
        Twice as Much Work. Not Enough Resources.
        There is a population of students who have twice as much work and not enough resources: students who are parents.

        BY Institute Staff

        12.01.2020

      • A World of Good
        A World of Good
        “Virtual exchange helped me promote tolerance and the eradication of stereotypes within my local community”

        BY Institute Staff

        12.01.2020

      • Face Time
        Face Time
        In March, the Congressional Program scrambled to temporarily redefine a Capitol Hill institution that has served members of Congress for more than 600 breakfasts over 30 years.

        BY Institute Staff

        12.01.2020

        • Justice League
          Criminal Law and Justice
          Justice League
          It’s hard to overstate how much the ground has shifted in the effort to transform the criminal justice system.

          BY Institute Staff

          12.01.2020

        • More Alike than Different
          Society
          More Alike than Different
          Weave and the Listen First Project, creator of the National Week of Conversation, launched a social media and publicengagement campaign called #WeavingCommunity During Crisis.

          BY Institute Staff

          12.01.2020

        • Black Girls use their Voices
          Black Girls use their Voices
          The Institute’s latest podcast, Shades of Freedom, amplifies promising efforts to reduce mass incarceration and explores the inequalities that perpetuate incarceration.

          BY Institute Staff

          12.01.2020

          • Joint Venture: Profit and Purpose in Latin America
            Joint Venture: Profit and Purpose in Latin America
            Investors are concerned about the macroeconomic and political implications of Covid-19—and hopeful that impact investments will become a potent solution for recovery.

            BY Institute Staff

            12.01.2020

            • Impact: Aspen Tech Policy Hub
              Tech Support
              Tech Support
              Three Aspen Tech Policy Hub fellows put their digital skills to use for the greater good.

              BY Institute Staff

              12.01.2020

            • Impact: Health Innovators Fellowship
              Rapid Response
              Rapid Response
              The Institute’s Health Innovators fellows have been at the forefront of the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic—from exploring precision medicine to securing PPE.

              BY Victoria Scheffel

              12.01.2020

              • As Heard at: Aspen Ideas Health
                Bill of Health
                Bill of Health
                As part of the digital Aspen Ideas: Health webinar series, Dr. Uché Blackstock spoke to Dr. Lipi Roy about a more diverse health care workforce, disparities in health outcomes, and why hospitals shouldn’t rely on diversity officers.

                BY Institute Staff

                12.01.2020

              • As Heard at: Art
                Radical Scene Change
                Radical Scene Change
                Anna Deavere Smith and Oskar Eustis explore the future of live theater in a turbulent time.

                BY Institute Staff

                12.01.2020

                Features

                • Poised to Respond
                  Poised to Respond
                  The Covid-19 pandemic threw communities the world over into tumult—but Aspen Global Leadership Network fellows, with the help of the McNulty Foundation, were ready with food programs, mental health services, microgrants, and more for communities in need.

                  BY Johnny McNulty Samantha Cherry

                  12.01.2020

                • Enlightened Enterprise
                  Enlightened Enterprise
                  The Institute’s Business and Society Program has always strived to make business education more ethical and sustainable. Its Undergraduate Consortium is injecting a dose of liberal arts into that model as well—a practice that has never been more relevant.

                  BY Ashley Fetters

                  12.01.2020

                  • An Unfinished Beginning
                    An Unfinished Beginning
                    A new Institute partner is connecting people and institutions through art, creative media, and new technology to spark civil discourse, brainstorm solutions, and ultimately, create a more perfect union.

                    BY Institute Staff

                    12.01.2020

                  • Virtually Possible
                    Virtually Possible
                    When the world suddenly had to rely on screens to connect, the Stevens Initiative was ready.

                    BY Institute Staff

                    12.01.2020

                    The Aspen Journal of Ideas

                    • America's Next Chapter
                      America's Next Chapter
                      Can the Institute create a more inclusive world? Jane Wales explores how Institute programs are joining forces to do just that. Introducing the Pillars of Society.

                      BY Jane Wales

                      12.01.2020

                    • Make Justice Local
                      Make Justice Local
                      The Institute’s newest initiative takes a community-driven approach to criminal justice by reducing incarceration and reinvesting in neighborhoods.

                      BY Douglas Wood

                      12.01.2020

                    • Money Matters
                      Money Matters
                      Why capital markets must address economic and racial inequality.

                      BY Mark G. Popovich Maureen Conway

                      12.01.2020

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