“This is a gift—that we intrinsically have this sense of reverence for the U.S. Constitution,” writes Charles Krauthammer WF ‘70 H in a new posthumous book. For decades, Dr. Krauthammer offered thoughtful political commentary in his weekly, syndicated column for The Washington Post and through his nightly appearances on “Special Report with Bret Baier.” In […]
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship fosters the original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. The 2018 class, announced by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, includes Douaa Sheet, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Douaa’s dissertation, The Influence […]
The Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM) is a new museum in Hopewell, NJ, that aims to tell the story of the unique culture, experiences, and contributions of the African American community of the Sourland Mountain Region. The museum worked with Hillsborough High School social studies teacher and 2016 WW HistoryQuest Fellow Scott Kallens and […]
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship fosters the original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. The 2018 class, announced by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, includes Alix Riviere, a doctoral candidate in history at Tulane University. Alix’s dissertation, Bittersweet Childhoods: Enslaved Youth […]
During its annual retreat, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Board of Trustees visited Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a first-hand look at the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning. The new graduate school of education, launched by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and MIT in 2015, has just welcomed its first class of candidates and its new president. […]
Only one in three Americans (36 percent) can actually pass a multiple choice test consisting of items taken from the U.S. citizenship test, which has a passing score of 60, according to a national survey released in early October by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. In an opinion piece on The Hill, WW President […]
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship fosters the original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. The 2018 class, announced by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, includes Heath Pearson, a doctoral candidate in cultural anthropology at Princeton University. Heath’s dissertation, titled The Carceral […]
In October, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Board of Trustees held its annual retreat in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to see first-hand progress made at the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning over the past three years. After demos, panels, and playtests at the graduate school’s space and at partnering MIT labs, the WW Board hosted a […]
Tamara Markey, a 2014 WW Indiana Teaching Fellow, was recently named Indiana’s Teacher of the Year. The Lawrence Township Schools (Indianapolis) engineering teacher is in her fourth year of teaching. She was chosen first as the top teacher in her school, then her district, and then the state. Ms. Markey told the Indianapolis Star that […]
The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship fosters the original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences. The 2018 class, announced by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, includes Nasrin Olla, a doctoral candidate in English at Cornell University. Nasrin’s dissertation, titled Clamoring for Opacity: […]
