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Harvard Institute of Politics Startup Incubator Partners with Venture Capital Firm XFund
The Harvard Institute of Politics Governance Lab — an incubator for student-led social impact startups — has partnered with Harvard-affiliated venture capital firm XFund to grant its startups a fast-track through XFund’s $100,000 startup competition.
Prominent HKS Professor Ricardo Hausmann Accused of Plagiarism by Former Co-Author
Ricardo Hausmann, a prominent Harvard Kennedy School economist, is facing allegations of plagiarism from his longtime collaborator and former co-author César A. Hidalgo, a professor at the Toulouse School of Economics.
In First Major Move, New Harvard Kennedy School Dean Reshuffles Top Administration
Harvard Kennedy School Dean Jeremy M. Weinstein appointed HKS professors Erica Chenoweth and Gordon H. Hanson to new leadership positions at the school in late July.
Asa Hutchinson, 2024 Republican Presidential Candidate, To Join Harvard IOP
Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, who ran an unsuccessful primary campaign against former U.S. President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination, will headline the Harvard Institute of Politics’ fall 2024 cohort of resident fellows.
Congressional Battles Will Loom Over Harvard President Alan Garber’s 3-Year Term
The relationship between Cambridge and Washington has been fraught for several years, but it took a sharp turn for the worse after former Harvard President Claudine Gay’s disastrous testimony about campus antisemitism.
‘Impeccable’: Higher Education Experts Say Garber’s Academic Record May Spare Him From Scrutiny
Alan M. Garber ’76 comes into the Harvard presidency armed with a stacked resume: three degrees from Harvard and one from Stanford, time on both faculties, and more than a decade serving as Harvard’s second-highest administrator.
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad To Leave, Join Princeton in 2025
Harvard Kennedy School professor Khalil Gibran Muhammad, who taught the school’s flagship “Race and Racism” course, will leave Harvard at the end of the year to become a tenured faculty member at Princeton University.
Incoming HKS Dean Says School Should Focus on Technology, Local Politics at Alumni Talk
Incoming HKS Dean Jeremy Weinstein said he hopes to increase the School’s focus on studying the intersection of technology and politics at an alumni event on June 11.
As Protests Raged, Harvard Founded Its Own Management Company
In the fall of 1973, Harvard’s treasurer decided the University should control its own purse strings.
Brandeis Center Accuses Harvard of ‘Deliberately’ Ignoring Antisemitism in Lawsuit
The Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education accused Harvard of “deliberately” ignoring antisemitism on campus and creating “an unbearable educational environment” for Jewish students in a lawsuit filed last week.