Era: World War II

In nearly a century of activity in the field of economics, the Foundation initiated new research centers and training programs around the world.

The origins and legacy of a research project conducted in the American concentration camps for Japanese Americans.

Encouraging cross-cultural knowledge in an interconnected postwar world by shaping new interdisciplinary programs and retooling traditional academic fields.

The mid-20th century was an era influenced by mass communications, and a handful of philanthropic programs sought to tap into the possibilities of film and radio.

In the aftermath, Foundation staff struggled to rectify their organization’s involvement with this weapon of mass destruction.

Saving threatened scholars and confronting a dramatically changed world.

Orson Welles’s 1938 radio performance of The War of the Worlds prompted a foundation to explore issues of media literacy and fake news.

Using new technology to save threatened world resources and keep free inquiry alive under threat of fascist destruction.

The inside story of the study that first questioned binary sexuality and spurred outcry and controversy.