Bellagio Announcements
- Next Week: April 22
#RFBreakthrough Livestream:
Our next session of #RF Breakthrough will feature an unprecedented number of fellow Bellagio alumni. You’re invited to join Josh Karliner, Mary Nichols, Reema Nanavaty and Shweta Narayan as they discuss the SSIR Spring Edition cover article Health Care Takes on Climate Change, authored by Josh. Watch past sessions and mark your calendars to watch the livestream on April 22 at 10:00 am ET.
Health Care Takes On Climate Change - Save the date: May 23
TED Salon: The Rockefeller Foundation
On May 23, The Rockefeller Foundation will host its first ever TED Salon, which will showcase the “big bets” of eight former Bellagio Center Residents, as well as feature performances from two alumni artists. The event will feature non-profit leaders, journalists, academics, architects, and musicians - on the big bets they are advancing in the world. Meet the speakers and learn more. - Save the date: May 1
Convening Open Call for Applications
The Bellagio Center Convening Program will be accepting applications starting on May 1st! If you would like to be notified when the application period launches, please add your email address to our notification list. - in the news
Bellagio Network in the News
Discover recent headlines featuring Bellagio alumni: Priyamvada Natarajan, Payal Arora, José Luis Chicoma, Maria S. Floro, Lesly Goh, Sam Gregory, Rachel Kadish, Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, Somini Sengupta, Lina Srivastava, Darius Brubeck, and Linda Mullenix. - Perspectives Blog
Strengthening Ideas Through the Wisdom of a Brain Trust
The world's challenges demand collaborative solutions. The Brain Trust fosters connections among participants to share experiences and ideas. This networking approach recognizes that no single leader or organization can solve global issues alone. By tapping into diverse networks, the Brain Trust aims to accelerate the impact of innovative ideas and promote collective action.
The People and Ideas of Bellagio
An award-winning filmmaker embraces his family’s storytelling tradition to shape powerful narratives on African identities and art during times of political transition.
A career in environmental advocacy has shown Power for All’s CEO that existing systems and institutions fail to address the climate crisis effectively because they are missing women’s leadership.
Following his COP28 attendance as a delegate from the Philippines, a public health leader shares the lessons he has learned about collaboratively addressing climate change as a public health threat, inspired by Filipino values.
In April 1965, 18 renowned international law experts participated in a clandestine convening at the Bellagio Center to negotiate a treaty that would address burgeoning human rights crises worldwide. Six decades later, one scholar felt deeply connected to the negotiators during his own Bellagio residency, and decided to uncover the story.
Bellagio Library
By Patrick Alley
By Ian Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin
By Eduardo Sguiglia
By Nicholas P. Sullivan
By Saumya Roy
“Bellagio”
a Poem Written by Josh Karliner While in Residence
I slip out to play at dusk
A mirror surface
Reflects the world
Boundless sky
Magnificent hues
Gliding through reflection
Ephemeral forest and stone
A shimmering chimera conceals
The darkness below
A well of geologic time
Stretching back before the
Depths of memory begin
Laden with pocked ruins
Of human history
The follies and brilliance of
poets and philosophers
charlatans and countesses
presidents and prelates
The bell tolls
In the distance, thunder rumbles
A bolt of lightning pierces the sky
Portending an uncertain future.
Or is it?
In this most present moment
My paddle makes but a
Tiny, single ripple…
Previous Issue
August 2023
Welcome to a special edition of the Bellagio Bulletin, where you’ll have a chance to hear from leading voices within the alumni network on one of the greatest global challenges of our time – the ethical application and governance of artificial intelligence. We hope you’ll find their points of view as illuminating as we have […]
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