Harvard Kennedy School
Bronzes and Broadcasts
Panelists from the media and museum worlds discuss the interplay between art, culture, and the media in creating the modern global citizen in "Bronzes and Broadcasts: How Museums and the Media Reach Global Audiences" at the Kennedy School. Here, Robin Young, host of WBUR radio's "Here and Now" and Jennifer Eccleston, CNN correspondent debate the changing role and landscape of media outlets.
Cambridge Forum
Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, discusses the transformation of nuclear threats in the 21st Century at the Cambridge Forum.
Institute of Politics To Fund Civic Entrepreneurs
The Harvard Institute of Politics has introduced a new, multi-year grant initiative called “Gov 2.0,” which will give a $5000 stipend to a student or group of students to support an entrepreneurial project in the realm of politics or government.
Report Examines Political Partisans
Reforming election policies across the U.S. and modifying the way leaders are selected in Congress could help reduce polarization in American politics.
Harvard Professors, Students React to Congress' Cuts to Planned Parenthood Funding
Harvard professors and students have expressed a variety of opinions about a controversial measure to cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood approved by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives last Saturday.
Director of Finance, Budgets Appointed
Nancy E. Laird has been appointed as an Associate Dean of the College and Director of Budgets and Finance, according ...
Panel Discusses Black History
During a panel discussion yesterday, speakers at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government argued that the election of President Obama ...
Egypt Panel Gauges Media
David E. Sanger ’82, Chief Washington Correspondent for the New York Times and adjunct lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Micah L. Sifry, co-founder and editor of the Personal Democracy Forum discussed the role of the Egyptian people and social media in the country’s recent revolution last night.
Closing the HKS Gender Imbalance
In spite of efforts to raise awareness on the issue of gender imbalance, the percentage of female faculty at the Kennedy School—although improving from year to year—has remained very low over the past decade.
Diplomat Asserts Britain’s Global Role
Despite a faltering economy, the United Kingdom will not turn its back on the United States and other allies as it seeks to continue to serve as a major global power.
Harvard Panel Calls Egyptian Protests 'Historic Moment'
A panel convened at the Harvard Institute of Politics yesterday called the situation in Egypt “the most historic moment in the modern Arab world in the last century.”
Harvard Kennedy School Group Publicizes Gender Imbalance
The Progressive Caucus at Harvard Kennedy School gave away home-made pastries yesterday in the John F. Kennedy Forum as a tongue-in-cheek attempt to raise awareness of the low percentage of women faculty members at the school.
HKS Announces Research Fellowship
The Harvard Kennedy School will establish the Kenneth I. Juster Fellowship Fund to support students pursuing a master’s in public policy using a new $500,000 gift, the school announced last Thursday.
Shorenstein Center To Host Journalists
The former editor of Newsweek and a reporter for Pakistan’s oldest English-language newspaper are among this spring’s fellows at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Joan Shorenstein Center.
As Potential Blizzard Approaches, Harvard Graduate Schools Cancel Classes
Schools within Harvard University have announced that classes will be canceled Wednesday, and the University has advised a large portion of its staff not to report to work in light of a storm that may bring up to 16 inches of snow to the Boston area.
Summers To Resume Teaching at Harvard
Former University President Lawrence H. Summers will resume teaching and research at the Kennedy School this month.
Carter To Resign HKS Position
Kennedy School Professor Ashton B. Carter will leave his tenured position at the University to continue his work as head of procurement at the Pentagon.
Red Sox CEO Talks Baseball and Politics
Baseball fans of different ages munched on buttery popcorn as they listened to Larry Lucchino, chief executive and president of the Boston Red Sox, discuss the relationship between baseball and politics yesterday afternoon at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Profs, Pundits Honor Huntington
Political pundits and professors gathered at the Kennedy School last night to commemorate one of their most memorable teachers, the late political scientist Samuel P. Huntington, who died almost two years ago of congestive heart failure at age 81.
Condoleezza Rice at the IOP
Former Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, speaking at the Harvard IOP on United States foreign policy in Africa as a part of the W.E.B. DeBois lecture series.
Panel Discusses Rust Belt Economics
Former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer expressed his conviction that Detroit can recover from its current economic slump during a discussion with political leaders at the Harvard Kennedy School last night.
Saudi Prince Urges Peace
Prince Turki Al Faisal of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia speaks at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Kennedy School of Government on Friday. His address was titled “A Saudi Foreign Policy Doctrine For the New Decade.”