By Leila El-Khatib, MC-MPA ’13, Correspondent March 9 will mark the third annual Harvard Leadership Conference. This conference stands out from the other numerous student conferences as the only conference sponsored by the Harvard Graduate Council, the official student government for the twelve graduate and professional schools of Harvard University. Leadership is a large part […]

By Nadir Vissanjy, MPP’14, Correspondent Having lived in San Francisco for three years, I had assumed that the ‘Dubin San Francisco Field Visit’ that I, along with 23 other Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) students, participated in during the week of Jan. 15, would consist of the standard fare – the Golden Gate Bridge, Mission District, […]

By Karly Schledwitz, MPP’14, Staff Writer “Ask what you can do.” It is the phrase plastered on the Littauer Building of Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) as well as the school’s Web site, but how often do we actually ask ourselves the question? The Student Public Service Collaborative (SPSC) is here to help. SPSC connects HKS […]

Ask a native Bostonian and he has probably never heard of the rotunda observation deck atop the famous Boston Harbor Hotel, which offers unparalleled views of the Boston Harbor. More important, he probably has no idea he can access it for free. The observatory at the rotunda, situated on the 9th floor of the hotel, […]

This is the partial transcription of an interview with the former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón conducted by Fernando Berdion Del Valle and Chrissie Long on March 25, 2013. Q: You were a student at the Kennedy School in 2000. How does it feel to be back at Harvard? A: It feels very good. I’m […]

By Saurabh Agarwal We don’t often realize the effect that our individual actions can have on future generations. It is said that “with great power comes great responsibility.” Studying at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) is one such power and privilege. As students and future alumni of HKS, we owe responsible behavior not only to […]

By Irene Shih I’ve been thinking about the term “first world problems,” an obligatory hashtag we must wear to show our awareness of privilege. It’s an immaculate badge of immunity. It grants us street cred. We may not have lived through terrors of other worlds, but we know they exist and Mother, May I Milk […]

By Citizen Staff The Arab Spring has been attracting significant academic interest at Harvard University. Bahrain, a relatively progressive state in the Arabian peninsular region, has traditionally been a few steps ahead in terms of socio-political rights for its citizens. When Bahrainis began their recent fight for democratic rights, it became relevant to discuss the state of […]

BY MARK DIAZ TRUMAN I heard about the Connecticut shooting early in the day, but the full effect of it didn’t hit me until I got home late on Friday night. It was too much to process, too close to the Oregon shooting on Tuesday that left two dead and one wounded at a Happy […]

BY ALISON LAPORTE-OSHIRO How the Obama Administration handled the Bengazi attack in September—and whether it provided sufficient security—were fiercely debated issues during the Presidential election. Three months later, the election is over but the controversy smolders on. The current target is U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, who is believed to be one […]

BY SHLOKA NATH Driving from Rae Bareli to Amethi, two districts in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), you will be hard pressed to find evidence of India’s strident economic progress. Everywhere you turn, roads are terrible, electricity is sparse and poverty and destitution run deep. With more than 200 million people, UP […]

BY ALEX REMINGTON In the English-speaking world, I have seen it written, the two most widely quoted sources are the King James Bible and the collected works of William Shakespeare, two Elizabethan corpora that together helped crystallize English into its present form. In the past four hundred years, no other works have had anything close […]