By David Duesing, MPP 2018 The Kennedy School was honored to host a conversation between former Secretary of Defense and two-term Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel and Peabody award-winning news reporter and Institute of Politics Resident Fellow Ann Compton in the JFK Jr. Forum on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Secretary Hagel did not mince words in […]

By David Duesing, MPP 2018 In light of accusations of both domestic and international interference in this year’s election from both parties’ presidential candidates, the JFK Jr. Forum hosted a panel of electoral security experts on Thursday, October 27 to discuss current security measures in place for U.S. elections, as well as potential techniques to […]

Photo credit: HKS Magazine By Andy Vo, MPP 2017 In response to “You’re Already in a Safe Space” by Zouhair Mazouz, MPP 2017 “What’s the point of a Chinatown anyway?” Last year, then Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Tracey Lam organized a walking tour of Boston’s Chinatown with local organizers. As our guide led us […]

By Wei Luo, MPP 2017 On October 13, the Shorenstein Center hosted Jeffrey Rosen for the Richard S. Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press. Mr. Rosen is the President and CEO of the National Constitution Center and a Professor of Law at George Washington University. Speaking at the Charles Hotel’s Kennedy room, he discussed […]

Photo credit: UN By Vinay Nagaraju, MC/MPA and Mason Fellow 2017 Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and social enterprises seem to exist in disparate worlds, but there is more opportunity for synergy than available at first glance. Over the past three decades there has been a growing trend in the public sector to engage private providers to […]

  By Neil Thomas, MPP 2018 John Cassidy at The New Yorker called the October 9th town-hall debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump ‘the darkest and nastiest Presidential debate in modern history’. Trump was on the defensive after The Washington Post published footage of him ogling women and big-noting his sexual prowess. He accused […]

  By John Dong, MPP 2018 On Wednesday, September 28th, the JFK Jr. Forum warmly welcomed the President of Namibia, His Excellency Dr. Hage Geingob, for a public address moderated by HKS professor Calestous Juma. In his speech, President Geingob first recounted Namibia’s historical progress in improving freedom, equality, and democracy, and then went on […]

Photo Credit: Local 26 By Ivan Rahman, MPP 2018 While sitting in my last negotiation class with Professor Brian Mandell, I could hear the chanting and drumming of the Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) workers outside of Littauer. They officially started striking on Wednesday, October 5th, requesting $35,000 in minimum salary for all HUDS employees, […]

By David Duesing, MPP 2018 On Thursday, September 29, the Kennedy School was excited to receive former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. In a speech co-moderated by HKS professor Paul E. Peterson and Harvard University professor Ronald G. Fryer, Bush discussed the state of education in the US and potential avenues of reform. A passionate advocate […]

By Wei Luo, MPP 2017 On Friday September 30, The Citizen had a chance to sit down with Nicco Mele, the director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at HKS. The following is a brief summary of the conversation.   Citizen: What is your vision for the Shorenstein Center? Nicco Mele: […]

By Matt Bubley, MPA 2018 What Last Week Tonight gets wrong – and right – about charters. The long segment on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver has a rare reputation in TV journalism. It manages to treat the issues it takes up with a combination of wit, insight, and – usually – depth. That’s […]

By Sasha Ramani, MPP 2018 Self-driving cars have the potential to save thousands of lives, and a friendly regulatory atmosphere can encourage innovation into this burgeoning field. However, they may struggle to be adopted by a skeptical public. Picture: One of Uber’s autonomous Ford Fusions cruising the streets of Pittsburgh. Soon to be joined by 100 […]