Progressive Studies Program Launched
The Glaser Progress Foundation in partnership with the Center for American Progress launched the Progressive Studies Program. The program is a unique interdisciplinary project exploring the history, intellectual foundations and public understanding of progressivism in America. The program seeks to increase public awareness of progressive ideas and values, educate public officials and policymakers through lectures, seminars, articles, public events, book discussions, new media tools, and training seminars with activists and young people.

Yale University Launches Global Health Leadership Institute
Yale University, in partnership with the Glaser Progress Foundation, has created
the Global Health Leadership Institute (GHLI), a weeklong conference Yale will
host in June 2009. GHLI will convene leaders in public health from countries that have demonstrated momentum in strengthening their health care systems. GHLI's objectives include exploring best practices to improve the health of regional populations, and identifying key future research directions to speed up improvements in global health. The institute will also develop a set of case studies showcasing examples of innovations to improve population health.

Senate Hearing on GDP
On Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) convened a Senate Hearing to examine the inadequacies of the GDP. Experts testified on the GDP's failure to measure environmental degradation, poverty, income disparity, health care outcomes and other quality of life issues. Artciles about the GDP and its much-needed overhaul ran in media sources across the country. A few are listed below:

Senators Look At Adding Social Well-being to GDP,
by Kristian Foden-Vencil,
Oregon Public Broadcasting News, March 12, 2008 6:50 a.m. PDF

Does GDP Really Capture Economy's Health?,
by Mark Trumball,
Staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor, March 12, 2008 PDF

A New Way To Define GDP,
by Sam Eaton,
Interview of Martin Collier, Glaser Progress Foundation Executive Director
Marketplace, National Public Radio, March 12, 2008 PDF

Senate hearing: GDP fails to measure progress,
by The Real News Network, March 19, 2008

Video Launched Commemorating 40th Anniversary of RFK GDP Speech
Robert F. Kennedy's campaign for president inspired a generation of progressive activists. On March 18, 1968, to a hushed University of Kansas crowd of 20,000, he issued a startling challenge - that the Gross National Product, our most basic measure of the economy, fails to count the true experience of America. On its 40th Annivesary, the Glaser Progress Foundation launched a video commemorating Kennedy's inspiring and timeless words.

America at its best. That's Progressive. That's you.
The Glaser Progress Foundation, in conjunction with The Center for American Progress, launched a multiyear effort to increase public understanding of what it means to be a progressive given our nation's history and the challenges we face today.

Access Project Director Published in Democracy Journal
As New York Times Columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote, "Josh Ruxin, …. has an important article in the new issue of Democracy arguing that aid work in poor countries is profoundly flawed because it relies too much on benevolence and not enough on business. I think he's dead right."

Access Project Launches New Website
The Access Project , a joint effort of the Glaser Progress Foundation and Columbia University, launches a new website. Founded by Rob Glaser and economist Jeffrey Sachs, the Access Project focuses on mobilizing global health programs to aid resource-poor countries in addressing poverty and the burden of disease.