Ariane Litalien

Ignatieff Runs for Prime Minister

As Canadian undergraduates watch the federal election unfold today in their home country, they will see one candidate who is a fellow Harvardian—Michael G. Ignatieff, a 1976 graduate of Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a former professor at the Kennedy School.

Bohnet To Serve as Kennedy School Academic Dean

Kennedy School Women and Public Policy Program Director Iris Bohnet will serve as the school’s Academic Dean beginning July 1, according to a statement released on Thursday.

IOP Alumnus Goes Back to Roots

As the new director of the Harvard Institute of Politics, C. M. Trey Grayson '94 lives in Kirkland House just like he did as a Harvard undergraduate 20 years ago.

Harvard Professor Joseph Nye Met With Muammar al-Gaddafi in Libya

Former Harvard Kennedy School Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. met with Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi of Libya two times during the past four years and helped the colonel’s son with his doctoral thesis.

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 Students Rally, Protest Budget Cuts to Federal Programs

A raucous crowd of about 300 students armed with signs and drums rallied outside the Harvard Kennedy School yesterday—where House Majority Leader Eric I. Cantor (R-Va.) was speaking—in protest of proposed budget cuts.

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.

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.

Larry Summers To Teach At Harvard College, Kennedy School

Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will teach economics classes both at the College and at the Harvard Kennedy School this spring.

Business in Cambridge

FAS Capital Campaign Launch By the Numbers

FAS Capital Campaign Launch By the Numbers

A Breakdown of the Harvard Campaign

Note: The $450 million in funding allocated for the SEAS priority overlaps with that of other priorities.

It was an unusual year at Harvard, marked by three University closures, two major scandals, and an act of terrorism just miles away.

Map of Manhunt for Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect

After two bombings killed three and injured over 176 on April 15, police chased two suspects across Cambridge and Watertown starting around 10:30 p.m. Thursday night. After one suspect was shot during a shoot-out in Watertown in the early morning hours on Friday, police worked together with FBI, National Guard, and other units to find the second suspect. The search concentrated on Watertown, and investigators eventually closed in on the suspect in a Watertown backyard.

Harvard College's financial aid budget has increased from $103 million in the 2007-2008 academic year to a record $182 million in 2013-2014.