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Executive Director of HMS and Director of Aspen Ideas: Health, Ruth Katz, discusses how the programming for this year’s festival has been shaped to reflect the significant changes occurring across the healthcare industry. Click on the image to listen to the 5-minute interview in full!

On March 10, 2025, the Aspen Institute Science & Society Program and the MIT Press joined forces to host Building Trust in Science for a More Informed Future, a one-day conference attended by 250+ in-person guests in Cambridge, MA, and an additional 350+ virtual attendees. A high-level overview of recommendations and themes emerging from the panels, along with a more comprehensive review of the proceedings, is now available, as well as recordings of all the sessions.

In “Beyond the lab: trust, storytelling and the fight for America’s attention,” authors Aaron F. Mertz, executive director of Science & Society at the Aspen Institute, and Shruti Naik, associate professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, address the alarming decline in public trust in science. They advocate for scientists to humanize their work through storytelling, community engagement, and transparent communication, highlighting their upcoming documentary film that showcases the personal journeys behind scientific discovery. Click on the image to read the article!

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