News Article: Science at the Ballot Box Magazine
Science & Society
Dr. Aaron F. Mertz, Executive Director of Science & Society at The Aspen Institute, shares another weekly article release from his “Science at the Ballot Box” series, a collaboration with Nautilus magazine examining critical issues in science policy in the lead-up to Election Day 2024.
Announcement: “Our Future Is Science” Initiative
Science & Society
The Aspen Institute Science & Society Program’s Our Future Is Science (OFIS) initiative has been selected as one of 20 global Winners in the annual Falling Walls Foundation competition to identify scientific breakthroughs of the year. Through a competitive process adjudicated by an Advisory Board, OFIS was judged out of 136 applications from 54 countries in the Science Engagement category which this year has a special focus on climate change and adaptation.
Tactics for Trust: A Practitioner’s Playbook for Building Public Trust in Science and Other Domains
Science & Society
The third installment in Science & Society’s publication series on public trust in science, this text represents an actionable summary from a diverse group of multi-sector trustbuilders to foster a candid, open conversation around the tactics that make up an effective trustbuilder’s toolkit in science and more broadly.
Commentary: Aspen Ideas Health
Aspen Ideas Health
Dr. Ijeoma Opara, a Yale School of Public Health Associate Professor and Aspen Idea Health Fellow, reflects on her experiences attending the festival, including meeting Dr. Francis Collins, former director of the National Institute of Health
Commentary: Aspen Health Strategy Group
Aspen Health Strategy Group
Health, Medicine & Society’s Aspen Health Strategy Group’s 2023 report, Reducing the Health Harms of Firearm Injury, is one of only four documents listed as “Additional Recent Resources” in The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Firearm Violence: A Public Health Crisis in America. This advisory is the first publication from the Office of the Surgeon General dedicated to this issue, and it outlines the devastating and far-reaching consequences that firearm violence poses to the health and well-being of the country.
Press Release: NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative
NeuroArts Blueprint
The Music Man Foundation today announced a $1 million award to the NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative to catalyze the research, practice, policy, and culture changes necessary to sustain the field of neuroarts. Neuroarts is the study of how aesthetic experiences and the arts measurably change the body, brain, and behavior and how this knowledge is translated into practices that advance health and wellbeing.
