By Irene Shih Last month’s response to the Petraeus-Broadwell scandal reminds me yet again of our human fascination with narrative hindsight, and of our human incapacity to capture anything real about a life. By the time you’re reading this article, the scandal will have retired from the spotlight – in just three short weeks, going […]

By Amelie de Montchalin When I acknowledged that I was admitted to attend the Harvard Kennedy School two-year MPA Program six months ago, I felt first extremely lucky – and somewhat anxious. Indeed, moving to Cambridge would necessarily imply numerous changes for my husband and our little 15-month girl Bertille. To make these changes livable, […]

By Citizen Staff Thursday Nov. 29 was a challenging evening for students at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). A two-hour-long power outage affected most of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, causing cancellation of key events and disruption of routine activities. With HKS running on emergency power like most other Harvard facilities, the buildings had […]

By Rebecca Yang These irresistible bars are incredibly easy to make and will be sure to become a popular holiday treat. Use the best-quality dates you can find! Fresh Medjool dates are my favorite and they work perfectly in this recipe. But don’t be afraid to get creative and substitute the dates with any other […]

By Brenda Ritson In the final weeks of any semester, I bet almost every HKS professor would be hard pressed to report that his class continues to have full attendance.  After all, it is the time of year when papers of significant length are due, group projects loom, final presentations near and deadlines rapidly sneak […]

By Anthony Barrows With finals bearing down on us, you may not be thinking about all the wintertime fun to be had around Boston and Cambridge. Although you may be dreading the cold and ice and snow, New England is a fine place to spend the months when Persephone returns to Hades,’ so embrace. Below […]

By Alexi White At HKS, prestige is the currency that matters most. Fame can get you access to the inner circle, but beware the fall from grace. It’s on your way down that the knives come out. This is the principal lesson to be learned from our school’s complex history with Paula Broadwell, the former-PhD-candidate-turned-best-selling-author. […]

By Balakrishnan Madhava What follows is an interview with Richard Parker, a lecturer in public policy and senior fellow at the Shorenstein Center. A former economic advisor to Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (2009-2011), Parker has worked as both a journalist and a philanthropist. His full biography can be found on the Harvard Kennedy School […]

By Neil Gundavda The Kennedy School is one of the most poorly-designed campuses I have seen. I made this remark rather vociferously one of the first times I attempted to navigate the narrow staircases of Littauer, replete with people who could not find a more inconvenient place for conversation.  A student in front of me […]

By Citizen Staff The student body at Harvard Kennedy School believes in creating opportunities for active engagement and knowledge sharing. Nowhere is this more evident than in the passion and zeal with which students plan and propose treks every year. This year is no different, with students already proposing 10 treks* that are scheduled to […]

By Citizen Staff In a world where 2.5 billion people live in poverty, conversation at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) of Government on the issues of hunger and deprivation seems lacking. A recent simulation event organized by the Student Public Service Collaborative (SPSC) as the culmination of a month-long food collection drive attempted to change […]

By Karly Schledwitz On Oct. 20 and 21, Harvard hosted the 48th annual Head of the Charles Regatta, the world’s largest two-day rowing event. The Kennedy School Student Government (KSSG) hosted a tent on Sunday that was located in Reunion Village, on the Boston side of the river, along with a series of other tents […]