By Simon R. Bone “If knocked down, I will get back up, every time. I am never out of the fight.” Kennedy School Mid-Career Adam La Reau’s One Summit organization held their inaugural event “Climb for Courage” on Saturday at Central Rock Gym in Watertown. The One Summit mission is to help children with cancer […]

By Simon R. Bone Last weekend the Harvard Kennedy School in conjunction with the Harvard Business School held the 15th annual Social Enterprise Conference. It was a weekend packed with new ideas, fun, and inspiration, and was a fantastic experience for all involved. The Conference celled for reflection and ambitious visioning – not only for […]

By Tommy Tobin “The West Wing” is a show that led many members of the HKS community to this place and helped to define their public service trajectories. On Friday, March 28th the IOP Forum hosted cast members Bradley Whitford (“Josh Lyman”), Janel Moloney (“Donna Moss”), Richard Schiff (“Toby Ziegler”), and Lawrence O’Donnell to talk […]

What did you do before you came to the Kennedy School? I’ve had two careers before coming to the Kennedy School.  One more illustrious than the other.  Just after my undergraduate I became a documentary filmmaker and did a lot of adventurous things in my early 20s which were great for dinnertime conversation.  One involved […]

By Tommy Tobin Ramen noodles sometimes get a bad reputation to America’s student population. The word “ramen” conjures up images of foam cups, hot water, and packets of salt-laden seasoning. Yet, ramen noodles can be a flavorful way to get grub around the Cambridge area. The ramen noodle shops near Porter Square are stuff of […]

By Tommy Tobin Lobster rolls are a New England specialty. With Maine just a short drive away, lobster is not too hard to find on the menus of many eateries around Boston. What is harder to find is a place where you can get high quality lobster for a generally reasonable price. Lobster rolls come […]

By Ted Zagraniski Why are the rich getting richer while the poor keep falling further behind? Does it matter, and should we care? During your time at Harvard, questions like these have certainly come up. Maybe it was in class, at an event, or just chatting with friends. For the most part, our answers are […]

By Shimon Shmooely I still remembered the day when my father told me that he had sent money to a Hamas guy. It was after the second Intifada, another round of violent conflict. In these years, we suffered endless terror attacks with hundreds of civilian casualties. At first, I thought that my father, a moderate […]

By David Delmar Imagine my shock when, in the course of a lecture at the Harvard Kennedy School, the class was polled about whether satires of the Prophet Muhammad should be allowed and the overwhelming majority favored censorship, self or otherwise.  Specifically at issue was the “controversy” that erupted years ago when a Danish newspaper […]

By Tommy Tobin Ever wonder what an Ambassador does? Over two dozen HKS students got the answer to this and other questions at a lunch event with former US Ambassador to Australia, Jeffrey Bleich. Bleich, an MPP alumnus, spoke to students on March 13th about an array of topics concerning the US-Australia relationship, including the […]

By Simon R. Bone, Editor-in-Chief At the beginning of March the Harvard Kennedy School once again hosted the university’s European Conference, a two day forum for policy and business ideas to take Europe forward. The conference now running for over 10 years was organized by undergraduate & graduate students at Harvard University and the Fletcher […]

By Simon R. Bone, Editor-in-Chief Harvard Business School, with strong support from Harvard Kennedy School students this week hosted the largest student-run Asia law and business conference in North America. The Asia Business Conference brought together leaders in law, business, government, and academia to discuss the dynamic commercial developments in Asia today. Top investors and […]