President Emeritus of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (@americanacad); former President of the MacArthur Foundation the New School
Joined March 2009
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10 Jun 2025
Just returned from interesting trip to Germany to help pick peace education fellow
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20 Nov 2024
the American Exchange Project bridges divides in our country. google it and learn more
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28 Jun 2023
Excellent meeting of Board of American University Afganistan. It provides hope for a younger generation
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7 Nov 2022
We need an International Anti Corruption Court. Want to learn more?
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21 Apr 2022
Heard lunch talk by David McCullough3 on American Exchange Project which gives me hope
7 Feb 2022
Attended Advisory Committee meeting of CASA today. It is a wonderful organization that helps troubled youth. Lead by Josiah Brown,who is doing a great job
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20 Jan 2022
I will be talking about the extreme threat posed by Putin and Russia in Ukraine at 545 (UK time) this evening @SkyNews - (and a little about the Prime-Minister)
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20 Jan 2022
We are well in new Haven, very excited about Jackson School at Yale where I serve on Board of Advisors
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2 Aug 2021
If leaders in rich countries can't do the light lifting needed to vaccinate poorer countries (easily explained as in the self-interest of rich countries), there seems little chance they'll be able to do the heavy lifting needed to meet even minimal climate change commitments.
2 Aug 2021
A global coronavirus vaccination program called Covax was supposed to help poor countries get vaccines as quickly as the rich. It hasn’t worked out that way, even as the Delta variant overruns the world. nyti.ms/3ynouZ1
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2 Aug 2021
We have moved back to New Haven area. Loving being near Yale and playing lots of tennis at lawn Club
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12 Dec 2018
The Academy was thrilled to have new Member @NickKristof join us for a conversation in New York City recently, right before he left for Yemen and wrote this remarkable article.
10 Dec 2018
ICYMI my Sunday column from Yemen: "Your Tax Dollars Help Starve Children." I tell the story of kids including Yaqoob, 8, photographed here by @gcwingman. This is starvation caused not by drought but by Saudi/UAE/US policy nyti.ms/2G5fkK4
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The American Academy is thrilled and honored to welcome its new President, @PresOxtoby! Dr. David Oxtoby (@pomonacollege ) will, in the years ahead, help the Academy to fulfill its mission of advancing the common good.
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28 Nov 2018
Great 75 th anniversary of Roosevelt House at Hunter College yesterday. Very proud of public policy institute I helped start
15 Nov 2018
Great trip to California for soundings about possible Academy work in K-12 education
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6 Nov 2018
"We must improve access to languages for everyone," said @jonathanfanton.
The International Education at the Crossroads conference explored international education issues on the importance of language learning.
news.iu.edu/stories/2018/11/…
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