By Denise Linn, MPP’15 Correspondent Armed with laptops, coffee and a shared sense of purpose, a diverse collection of students and community members gathered in Starr Auditorium on Saturday, Nov. 2 for the Harvard Kennedy School’s first Datafest. The event was hosted by the Tech4Change PIC and was one of many simultaneous hack-a-thons happening around […]

By Sabreen Dogar October 30, 2013: What a memorable day! In addition to the Red Sox clinching the World Series and an epic KSSG-sponsored Halloween party at Club Royale, a handful of lucky HKS students got the chance of a lifetime to go see the President of the United States in person at historic Faneuil […]

*what did you do before came to the Kennedy School? Everything I could get my hands on. Worked in print and television media, taught politics at a university, worked for the government, founded and ran a political action group. As you can see – jack of all trades, master of nothing. I really think of […]

By Tommy Tobin Can a comic book help you learn how to build a better business? For the answer, look no farther than Seth Goldman, TeaEO (that would be “Tea Executive Officer”)  of Honest Tea, Inc. Honest Tea is a different type of beverage. The brand enjoys a unique position as a bottled tea, organic, […]

By Phillip A. Olaleye Phillip Olaleye, a second-year MPP student, opines on the damage inflicted by political impasse in Washington through the angle of the close-down of the National Park Service. He argues: Employees in National Park Service are NOT “non-essential,” and strength and foresight are required to avoid making the same mistake again! “Finally! […]

By Jeff Kushner During the many conversations I have had about the “shutdown” over the past few weeks, I am consistently surprised by the lack of understanding among educated people as to how our government works. As an American born during the Baby Boom, a large part of my education was devoted to the study […]

Sara Greenberg, a joint degree student with the Harvard Business School, spent the summer in Tel Aviv training and playing with Israel’s Women’s National Lacrosse Team. The team played in the World Cup in Oshawa, Ontario in mid-July, marking Israel’s inaugural appearance on the global lacrosse stage. The team finished in the top eight. While […]

In this heady time of mid-terms and papers it is all too easy to become lost in the ebb and flow of studies  and find yourself far too focussed with your head in a book in the dim glow of a library evening. Your time here is limited. You will have opportunities now that you […]

By MaryRose Mazzola Addressing a packed John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum on Friday, October 18th, former Congressman and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said the single greatest job he has ever had is his current one: the Mayor of Chicago. “Cities are not only where things happen but where things get done,” he […]

By Simon R. Bone, Editor-in-Chief Retired four-star Army general and former CIA director David Petraeus is joining the staff at Harvard’s John F Kennedy School of Government. Petraeus is known for implementing the successful “surge” and counterinsurgency strategies for US forces in Iraq. He was also commander of US and international forces in Afghanistan before becoming CIA director. He […]

By Chrissie Long, Staff Writer Boston city planners approved the University’s largest development project in decades on Thursday. A total of nine buildings and more than 1.9 millionsquare feet; the project will compliment a science center and a mixed retail/housing facility that are already slated for construction. The build-out includes a new basketball facility, 200-room […]

** we hear you had a very unique job before you came to the Kennedy School. Tell us about that. For the last three years, I worked in President George W. and Mrs. Laura Bush’s office, managing Mrs. Bush’s policy engagement in national and international issues.  Getting to staff them through such an interesting time […]