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What happens when revolutionary gene editing technology is applied to human health and climate? Ahead of Aspen Ideas: Climate, we caught up with Brad Ringeisen, Director of the Innovative Genomics Institute, about using CRISPR for climate change, how biotechnology can help feed the world, and why plants are carbon capture superstars.
Meet Bri Franklin, a 2023 Festival Fellow and the co-founder, president, and CEO of The Prosp(a)rity Project. She is on a quest to resolve the $2 trillion student debt crisis while closing the racial wealth gap for Black women.
Meet Olivia Issa, a 2023 Festival Fellow who is championing refugee access to higher education across the United States.
As the Aspen Ideas Festival returns this June, attendees will include 30 exceptional high school students and educators from across the United States and Africa—the 2023 cohort of the Bezos Scholars Program. These student Scholars are some of the youngest attendees at the Festival every year, and they are eager to learn, network, and hear from some of their favorite thinke...
Environmental activist Isaias Hernandez, founder of the education platform QueerBrownVegan, on combatting climate despair, the nuances of veganism, and what helps him sustain activism over the long-haul.
We are thrilled to announce that Vice President Kamala Harris will speak at Aspen Ideas: Climate in Miami Beach. On March 8 – International Women’s Day – the Vice President will participate in a conversation with iconic singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan. They will discuss the Biden-Harris Administration’s approach to climate change as a priority issue, including the pot...
Meet the 2022 cohort of Bezos Scholars, an inspiring collective of students and educators spanning nine U.S. states and six countries across Africa.
Taking inspiration from the Aspen Ideas Festival, scholars from around the globe will design and lead projects to foster change in their communities.
Amidst the greatest public health crisis of the last 100 years, another epidemic is marching along a seemingly unavoidable trajectory. Explore Pfizer’s dedication toward meeting this challenge – and its quest to develop novel therapeutics targeting the biology of human metabolism.
Show Up speakers shared new ideas, initiatives, books, even songs. Inspired by their work, we’ve compiled these resources for you to continue exploring, and start doing.
The reality of educating children during a pandemic can be overwhelming. Learn how educators and policymakers are working to ensure every child is digitally connected.
Systemic racism in America cuts across institutions like criminal justice, healthcare, housing, employment, and education.
Computer systems don’t anticipate all the types of people who might use them. What are the innocuous, and more problematic, consequences of this?