By Laurie Au The Harvard Kennedy School administration is open to considering proposals and ideas to improve the bidding system for registration, according to Associate Dean of Students Judy Kugel.

By Nick Wilson 140 character tweets. Ten word emails hastily composed on our smartphones while walking to class. Three sentence life updates sent to friends on Gchat while watching pithy one-liners being traded on T.V. Technological advances have improved the efficiency and convenience of communication, but there is a real concern that online engagement is […]

By Chrissie Long Argentinean President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s speech at the Kennedy School received a fiery response both among students here and the press in her home country. After criticizing students for “unjust” sentiments and rehearsed questions, she said Harvard University students should know better: “Chicos, we are at Harvard. Please. These things are […]

By Anthony Barrows I wanted to highlight a few cheap and unpretentious bars in Boston because one of my favorite dives, TC’s Lounge, recently closed for good after the landlord voided their lease. To help you steer clear of generic chains and sanitized pseudo-dives, here are some T-accessible establishments you should check out before it’s […]

By Rebecca Yang You can tell the difference immediately between Amsterdam Falafelshop and almost every other falafel shop you’ve been to: the quality and value of the food is unparalleled. Amsterdam Falafelshop places a premium on consumer choice, providing a self-serve salad bar featuring 25 different toppings and sauces that are made from scratch in-house […]

By Daniel Yearwood Harvard Kennedy School is the world’s leading school of government and public administration. The institution attracts and develops thoughtful leaders in an unparalleled range of disciplines related to statecraft, policy making, business and non-profit management. This notwithstanding, in the interest of continuously enhancing both HKS as an institution and the experience that […]

I was born to a pastoralist Dinka family in South Sudan, and grew up herding cows along the Nile River all year round. As a typical Dinka boy growing up in that part of the world, my life would have continued along that path. However, once the civil war started, the entire country was torn […]

We asked a group of mid-career students from different parts of the world what they find most surprising and/or interesting about Americans and American culture.  We asked them to be very direct, which spurred an interesting and colorful conversation.  The views expressed are meant to inspire dialogue and openness within the Harvard Kennedy School community. […]

Some Harvard Kennedy School professors are in need of remedial training in the theory and practice of teaching and learning. This is the clear and concerning take-away from the recent analysis of course evaluations carried out by the HKS Progressive Caucus.

By Neil Gundavda When Golden Tate and M.D. Jennings “simultaneously” caught Seattle rookie Russell Wilson’s hail-mary pass on Monday Night Football a couple of weeks ago, the reaction was uproarious. Fans called for the heads of replacement officials. The sportscasters at ESPN, America’s (least) favorite sports-entertainment media monopoly, were flabbergasted.

As we HKS students crack our books and begin to think about midterms and papers, our mentors and professors are living double or triple lives. Even as they educate us for a brighter tomorrow, they wheel and deal behind the scenes of the biggest political campaigns in America and the world. Just the other day, […]

By Jon Murad Once you’ve been here for a while, you’ll eventually see them: the black SUVs parked in the Kennedy School Quad, with their flashing red and blue lights, and the taciturn men in dark suits with earpieces and Oakleys. And we’ve all noticed the Very Important People who occasion this swirl of pomp […]