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The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1949 as the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. [2] It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. , but also has a campus in Aspen, Colorado , its original home.
Joseph E. Slater (1922–2002), was an economist and intellectual entrepreneur who played a key role in the "de-Nazification" of Germany after World War II.He was instrumental in making the Aspen Institute an important East-West conduit in the Cold War and authored the original blueprint for the Peace Corps.
Fellows and Alumni of the Aspen Institute's Henry Crown Fellowship Program. Pages in category "Henry Crown Fellows" The following 125 pages are in this category, out ...
Highlights of Porterfield’s tenure include: the 2024 creation of the Institute’s Center for Rising Generations, which develops the leadership of youth and young adults, powered by a $185.7 million endowment gift from the Bezos Family Foundation; the revitalization of the Institute’s Aspen Meadows campus in Colorado, including a full hotel ...
The Franklin Project was a policy program of the Aspen Institute from October 2012 to December 2015, that focused on advancing national service in the United States. Walter Isaacson called the project the "biggest idea" to come out of the Aspen Ideas Festival during his tenure as CEO of the Aspen Institute. [1]
Dominique Rossin, Provost at École Polytechnique, says that while his students will focus on STEM courses, there is also a strong emphasis on foreign languages, sports, humanities, social ...
Corby Kummer is executive director of Food & Society at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor of The Atlantic, and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science. Kummer is the author of The Joy of Coffee and The Pleasures of Slow Food , the first book in English on the Slow Food movement , He has been called "a dean among ...
Before being elected the 10th president at Wofford, Dunlap was the Chapman Family Professor of Humanities for seven years (1993–2000). [1] In addition to cross-disciplinary courses, his teaching fields include literature, intellectual history, Asian studies, film history, fiction writing, and the arts.