Aspen Institute

“How To Heal a Divided America” is a community-building exercise focused on knitting together diverse perspectives and lived experiences to better approach, analyze and address the societal problems of polarization and isolation facing our communities and the world. The event series, which is a partnership between the Aspen Institute’s Weave: The Social Fabric Project and Dialogue Vanderbilt, began Sept. 12 and will culminate on Sept. 19–20.  Read More

Dialogue Vanderbilt is partnering with the Aspen Institute’s Weave Project to bring Robert Putnam to campus to explore “How to Heal a Divided America" on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 5:30 p.m. Read More

“How to Heal a Divided America” will begin in Nashville, Tennessee, on Sept. 12 and culminate on Sept. 19–20, 2024, with a joint event with the Aspen Institute’s Weave: The Social Fabric Project and Dialogue Vanderbilt. Read More

Chancellor Daniel Diermeier participated in a conversation titled “The Path Forward for Academic Freedom in Higher Ed” as part of the world-renowned Aspen Ideas Festival on June 29. The panel set out to explore the “twin ideals of open inquiry and free expression” as well as higher education’s unique role in advancing these forces. Read More

The Aspen Institute’s Socrates Program will host a virtual conversation, “Is National Unity Possible?” on Thursday, April 1, at 1 p.m. CT featuring the co-chairs of the Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy: former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Vanderbilt faculty members Samar Ali and Jon Meacham. Read More