The Citizen

Photo Credit: https://goo.gl/IfBV3g By Ivan Rahman, MPA/MBA Stanford, 2019 You don’t mind attention. In fact, you probably like it. You enjoy being seen and known every now and then. You relish feeling special and wanted. You refresh your Facebook page, after you’ve just posted something about yourself, to see how many likes you’ve accumulated. Also, […]

By Wei Luo, MPP 2017 On March 22, the HKS community gathered in the JFK Jr. Forum for a discussion on the future of U.S.-China relations. The event was moderated by HKS professor Arne Westad and featured Graham Allison (director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs), Niall Ferguson (Senior Faculty Fellow at […]

By the Resistance School Team Resistance School provides training for communities to make sustained issue and electoral change that advances values of fairness, equality, and inclusivity. Mission: Resistance School aims to deepen community-based organizing infrastructure nationwide to secure issue and electoral victories at the local, state, and national level and advance progressive values of fairness, […]

By David Duesing, MPP 2018 On Tuesday, March 28, the Kennedy School learned of an exciting development within its Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs—the current director, Graham Allison, recently requested to step down from his position, and his position will be filled by former Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter. The Kennedy School […]

By Sasha Ramani, MPP 2018 Beginning in the 2018 academic year, student activity fees will be raised from their current level of $175 to $230/year. The decision was jointly made and endorsed by the Kennedy School Student Government (KSSG), Melissa Wojciechowski (Senior Director of Student Services) and Dean Karen Jackson-Weaver (Senior Associate Dean for Degree […]

By Ketilbjørn Hertz, MC/MPA 2017 Can you tell me how many different waste containers HKS employs and what each of them is for? If you cannot, when you have waste to dispose of, do you at least follow the instructions on the waste containers and place your waste in the appropriate container? Before I started […]

CAMBRIDGE MA – Former United States Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver the Graduation Address to the Harvard Kennedy School Class of 2017 at 2 p.m. on May 24 at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), HKS Dean Douglas Elmendorf announced today. Kerry is Yale University’s Distinguished Fellow for Global Affairs where he is leading the […]

Photo credit: Project for the Study of the 21st Century By Ali Wyne, MPP 2017 I grew up in the golden 90s.  The U.S. economy was booming, threats of war and terrorism seemed distant, and I was blissfully aloof of developments abroad.  I loved to do math and hated to read; the more my parents […]

By Natalie Kostich, MC/MPA 2017 Teamwork, creative thinking and a desire to make an impact have paid off for this inspiring trio from HKS.  The Dream Team of the Harvard Hult Prize competition has struck yet again, making it all the way to the Regional Final that was held on Saturday, March 4th at the […]

Ohio Congressman Tim Ryan. Photo Credit: The Dispatch By Iva Mia Kruslin, MC/MPA 2017   UPCOMING EVENT: Compassionate and Mindful Leadership Tuesday May 2, LAND Hall (Belfer 4th floor) 5-6 PM: Keynote speaker Chris Ruane 6-8 PM: Mindfulness workshop with Kalapa Academy About the Speaker: Chris Ruane has been a member of the British Parliament […]

Photo Credit: Archives – The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library By Vinay Nagaraju, MC/MPA and Mason Fellow 2017 For Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s march to freedom in August 1947 was also the beginning of a march out of Gandhi’s shadows. Gandhi was bitterly opposed to the two-nation theory and the “Mountbatten Plan” that accomplished the geographic partition […]

Photo Credit: TheNextWeb.com By Ivan Rahman, MPA/MBA Stanford, 2019 Overwhelmed by homework this past week, I gave up on the battle to conquer my inbox. Having ignored my inbox for two days, it soared to 84 emails. Of those 84, one was from a professor. Unfortunately, he had given us a new assignment and asked […]