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Swing State Election Officials Talk Election Security During Ash Center Webinar

Four election officials from battleground states discussed how to maintain the security and fairness of their states’ elections in advance of the 2024 U.S. presidential election during a Harvard Kennedy School webinar Tuesday afternoon.


Harvard IOP Student Leader Resigns, Citing ‘Palestinian Exception to Free Speech’

Nuriel R. Vera-DeGraff ’26 — the chair of the Harvard Institute of Politics Campaigns and Advocacy Program — resigned on Monday after the IOP rejected his last-minute proposal to heavily refocus the program on Israel and Palestine.


Kennedy School Students Elect New Student Government Amid Historic Budget Deficit

After the eleventh-hour reveal that last year’s Harvard Kennedy School Student Government ran up a historic $46,000 budget deficit, HKS students elected a new slate of representatives Tuesday night.


Former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky To Headline 2024-25 Belfer Center Senior Fellows Cohort

Rochelle P. Walensky — who led the Center for Disease Control and Prevention during the Covid-19 pandemic — will headline the 2024-25 cohort of senior fellows at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School.


Harvard Kennedy School Student Government Ran Up $46,000 Budget Deficit Last Year

The Harvard Kennedy School Student Government ran up a nearly $46,000 budget deficit in the 2023-24 academic year, leading the school to impose new restrictions on the student government’s funding, according to an email obtained by The Crimson.