Innovation Essay Contest

Sponsored by the Wachman Center Program on Teaching Innovation

The FPRI Wachman Center’s Program on Teaching Innovation is pleased to announce the following winners of our essay contest on “The Top Five U.S. Inventions since 1945”:

The winning essay writers each receive a $1,000 prize, split in the case of teams. Additionally, our judges agreed that three essays deserved honorable mentions:

The honorable mention essay writers each receive $150, split in the case of teams.

We congratulate the winners and thank all the students who participated in this contest. We were very pleased with the creativity, thoughtfulness, and care that went into them.

The Wachman Center founded its program on innovation in 2007 out of growing awareness of how important it is for students to understand the history of innovation and be encouraged to themselves be innovative. Core funding for the Wachman Center is provided by the Annenberg Foundation and Mr. H.F. Lenfest; additional funding for its innovation program is provided by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. For more information, see www.fpri.org/education/innovation or email Wachman Center director Alan Luxenberg, lux@fpri.org

FPRI Wishes to Thank its 2011 Partners
Who help make all our programs possible.

On November 15th at the FPRI annual dinner Fouad Ajami was presented with the Seventh Annual Benjamin Franklin Public Service Award. The event was attended by over 360 people.
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr. was dinner chairman.

FPRI 2011 Annual Dinner

Video of keynote address
Reflections on the Arab Spring
Fouad Ajami

Special Partner Event
Al Qaeda and Jihadi Movements After Bin Laden
Christopher Swift

Special Partner Event
The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al Qaeda
Peter Bergen

FPRI Dinner Booklet and Annual report