Aspen Institute
International nonprofit organization
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| 2023 | Amarillo College and Imperial Valley College jointly received the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, recognizing their exceptional results for students. |
| 2023 | Simon Godwin was named Aspen Institute's Harman/Eisner artist in residence. |
| 2023 | The Aspen Institute hosted a community program featuring lecturers from multiple speaker series, including the Hurst Lecture Series, McCloskey Speaker Series, and Murdock Mind, Body, Spirit series. |
| June 2023 | Bruno del Granado from CAA was named head of the Board of the Aspen Institute's Latinos Society Program. |
| 2021 | Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Institutes of Health, received the Henry Crown Leadership Award. |
| 2021 | San Antonio College was awarded the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence for outstanding student outcomes. |
| April 2020 | Received approximately $8 million in federally backed small business loans through the Paycheck Protection Program, which drew public scrutiny due to the institute's large endowment and wealthy membership. |
| 2019 | Indian River State College and Miami Dade College were both honored with the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. |
| 2018 | End of a period where the Aspen Institute received over US$8 million in foreign funding, with donations originating from Western democracies and some undemocratic regimes like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. |
| June 1 2018 | Daniel Porterfield succeeded Walter Isaacson as president and CEO of the Aspen Institute. |
| 2017 | Lake Area Technical College received the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. |
| November 30 2017 | Daniel Porterfield was announced as the successor to Walter Isaacson. |
| March 2017 | Walter Isaacson announced his plan to step down as president and CEO of the Aspen Institute. |
| 2015 | Santa Fe College was awarded the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. |
| 2015 | General (ret.) Stanley McChrystal, former Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and Commander of United States Forces Afghanistan, was awarded the Henry Crown Leadership Award. |
| 2014 | Start of a period where the Aspen Institute received over US$8 million in funding from outside the United States, as reported by the Center for International Policy's Foreign Influence Transparency Initiative. |
| 2014 | Reed Hastings, Founder and CEO of Netflix, received the Henry Crown Leadership Award. |
| 2013 | Wynton Marsalis, Managing and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, was honored with the Henry Crown Leadership Award. |
| 2013 | Began participating in organizing the annual CityLab event with The Atlantic and Bloomberg Philanthropies, focusing on urban challenges. |
| 2013 | Santa Barbara City College and Walla Walla Community College were jointly recognized with the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. |
| 2012 | Gabrielle Giffords, former U.S. Representative, received the Henry Crown Leadership Award. |
| 2011 | Valencia College was honored with the Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence. |
| 2011 | Madeleine K. Albright, Chair of The Albright Stonebridge Group and former United States Secretary of State, was awarded the Henry Crown Leadership Award. |
| 2010 | Aspen Institute awarded Lifetime Achievement Faculty Pioneers Awards to James E. Post from Boston University and David Vogel from UC Berkeley, recognizing their outstanding leadership in incorporating social, environmental, and ethical issues into MBA curricula. |
| 2010 | Vartan Gregorian, President of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, received the Henry Crown Leadership Award. |
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