Li-Huei Tsai Receives Society for Neuroscience Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award
1996 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar Li-Huei Tsai has received the Society for Neuroscience Mika Salpeter Lifetime Achievement Award.
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David Tuveson Named Director of CSHL Cancer Center
2004 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar David Tuveson has been named Director of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Cancer Center.
Research Indicates Participatory Budgeting Improves Relations between Residents and Government
Public Agenda (RAF grant recipient) reports that elected officials say that participatory budgeting helped them be more responsive to community needs…
Bo Li Wins Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering
2016 Rita Allen Foundation Scholar Bo Li has received a Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering…
Engaging News Project
The Engaging News Project (ENP) evaluates ways that newsrooms can engage audiences by conducting trailblazing social science research—often in collaboration with news organizations—to understand how citizens interact with the news within the changing landscape of digital information. It then disseminates its findings to the broader journalism industry. The…
2016 Scholar’s Neuroscience Research Featured on NPR
A report about research on sugar’s effect on the brain by 2016 Scholar Monica Dus was featured on NPR…
Foundation Scholars Earn NIH Award for Innovative, High-Impact Projects
Two Rita Allen Foundation Scholars, Monica Dus and Sebastian Klinge, have received a 2016 NIH New Innovator Award…
Business Leaders Agree: U.S. Funding of Basic Research Advances Prosperity, Security, Well-Being
Business leaders have publicly stated that federal funding for basic scientific research is an investment in America’s future…
Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education – Years Three and Four
Building on a successful 2014 collaboration with the Online News Association and its funding partners, the Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education seeks to help journalism educators better prepare students to meet 21st-century information needs. The micro-grant contest encourages universities to create teams to experiment with new…
Science & Civics
RELATED STORY: A Few Reflections on the Challenges of Engaging Across Divisions The Aspen Institute’s Citizenship and American Identity Program focuses on the challenge of sustaining strong citizenship in America and coherent national identity in an age of demographic flux and severe inequality. One of its…