The Citizen

By Anonymous As I am sitting here in the Harvard Kennedy School Forum looking at the new banners hanging around me announcing “You are HKS… You belong… We are all Harvard,” the first thought that runs through my head is, “I am not HKS… I do not belong here… We are not all Harvard.” I […]

By Natalie Kostich, MC/MPA 2017 Marta Milkowska, Alex Choi and Laura Oller—current MPA/MBA dual-degree students—have made us very proud.  They were one of 19 teams to compete in the preliminary round of the Hult Prize competition at Harvard in December.  They designed a unique and important project called Dignify to link refugees to microwork opportunities […]

By Howard Cohen, MPP 2018, CEO & Co-Founder of StudyBuddy The background story My childhood friend, Nathaniel Blumer, and I were in the library one day, struggling with assignments and had no way of knowing who else was working on the same class at the same time nearby. We sought to develop a mobile app […]

By Libby Whitbeck (MPP 2017) and Wilson Tong (MPA 2018), Co-Chairs of the HKS Democratic Caucus Welp…here we are everyone! Trump’s America. Now a month into the United States’ 45th and perhaps most unexpected presidential administration, we have witnessed a tornado of activity coming from the White House. From the Muslim ban to Betsy DeVos’ […]

By David Duesing, MPP 2018 On Wednesday February 15, the Kennedy School was honored to receive constitutional rights activist and Gold Star father Khizr Khan at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum in a conversation moderated by Harvard Law professor and Islamic Legal Studies Program director Intisar Rabb. Khizr, along with his wife Ghazala, are […]

Simplified portfolio construction process. A “manager” mixes stocks and bonds into a fund, and an “advisor” combines funds together to create a portfolio. Each step results in fees charged to the investor. By Sasha Ramani, MPP 2018 In early February, President Trump announced that he would instruct the Department of Labor (DOL) to review its […]

Photo Credit: The Economist By Ali Wyne, MPP 2017 Donald Trump’s presidency challenges the Truman-esque orthodoxy that has underpinned U.S. participation in world affairs for nearly three quarters of a century: namely, that alliances, free-trade agreements, participation in international institutions, and a positive-sum conception of diplomacy advance U.S. national interests.  While members of America’s foreign […]

By Wei Luo, MPP 2017 On Tuesday February 7, the Kennedy School Student Government (KSSG) held its first meeting of the spring semester. This time, KSSG members focused their discussion on a key question facing the HKS community—how to create a school environment that respects the diversity of political opinions. KSSG President Arohi Sharma initiated […]

By David Duesing, MPP 2018 To discuss an issue made pertinent by President Trump’s recent executive order barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries, the Institute of Politics hosted a conversation on presidential secrecy on Monday, February 6 at the JFK Jr. Forum. Moderated by the Kennedy School’s academic dean, Archon Fung, the discussion welcomed Mary […]

By Anonymous Many top business schools, including the one across the river, practice grade non-disclosure, meaning that employers do not take students’ grades into consideration when recruiting. Although implementation varies between schools, the schools’ career centers generally remind employers not to inquire about grades, and the student governments effectively “unionize” students into not sharing them. […]

By Sasha Ramani, MPP 2018 On Friday December 18th, over 100 students participated in the second annual Kennedy Senate Simulation, a simulation of the United States Senate hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School and the Institute of Politics. The simulation was designed to give HKS students the opportunity to practice negotiating and debating fictional bills […]

Anonymous submission When a classmate of mine asked if I wanted to go to a Trump rally in New Hampshire, I was hesitant. I didn’t support Trump and I was worried of what sort of reception my friend and I would receive if it was discovered that we didn’t support Trump, given stories about people […]