Charles Koch Interview on Campus Free Speech Charles Koch recently spoke with Bill Bennett about the importance of free speech on campus. In the wide-ranging interview, the two discuss a Wall Street Journal op-ed Koch co-authored with Michael Bloomberg in May that offers suggestions for how universities can encourage open inquiry and innovation. Koch stresses … Continued
Free speech and the open pursuit of knowledge form the cornerstone of discovery and new ideas. In higher education, it is the courage of individual scholars, professors, and students that allows the rest of us to periodically stand above the noise of the crowd and peer into the future. In his interview with The Washington Post, … Continued
This week, Michael Bloomberg and Charles Koch co-authored an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal to highlight how free speech has eroded on college campuses, the very place where open inquiry has historically been celebrated, protected, and enshrined as necessary to students’ intellectual growth. This deterioration is troubling, because free expression is essential to all … Continued
The University of Chicago Launches Its Health Economics Initiative The University of Chicago announced a new initiative at The Becker Friedman Institute. “The Program on Foundational Research in Health Care Markets will develop and support faculty researchers advancing fundamental economic research on health and the healthcare sector.” Tomas Philipson will oversee the program as director, … Continued
Notre Dame Appoints Director of International Security Center The University of Notre Dame has announced political science professor Michael Desch will serve as director of the school’s International Security Center. The center recently received a grant from the Charles Koch Foundation to support its work establishing itself as a forum for broader scholarship on U.S. … Continued
Police Foundation Receives Grant to Study Foot Patrol Strategies With support from a Charles Koch Foundation grant, the Police Foundation will study “law enforcement agencies that have committed to a foot patrol strategy with specified goals, dedicated foot patrol personnel, targeted deployment, and an emphasis on community engagement and, ideally, problem-oriented policing.” Results of the … Continued
The Notre Dame International Security Center announced plans to further expand and develop its scholarship on U.S. foreign policy. Supported by a grant from the Charles Koch Foundation, the school will support faculty positions, post-doctoral fellows, enhance funding for graduate students, expand the existing undergraduate Center, and establish an annual conference. The Center’s scholarship and … Continued
University of New Orleans Professor to Study Alternatives to Incarceration “There is minimal discussion about the morality of incarceration and the alternatives that should be employed.” Says Chris Surprenant, associate professor of philosophy and director of the Alexis de Tocqueville Project in Law, Liberty, and Morality at UNO. Surprenant received a grant to study alternatives … Continued
Harvard University’s Program on Education Policy and Governance announced it is launching fellowships in Education Entrepreneurship. The nearly $3 million dollar grant from the Charles Koch Foundation will support masters and doctoral candidates. Read the full announcement here
Former Utah State Koch Scholar Receives Select Medical Research Award William Israelson, a cancer researcher at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas and recent recipient of an Early Independence Award from the National Institute of Health, participated in a Koch Scholars reading group while an undergraduate student at Utah State. Israelson recalls his time in … Continued
