The Citizen

Photo Credit: Australian Labor Party By Neil Thomas, MPP 2018  Now is not a good time to be a refugee. In the United States, the world’s leading country for refugee resettlement, president–elect Donald Trump promises to shut the door on those fleeing the Syrian conflict and impose ‘extreme vetting’ and ideological screening for all new […]

By Ivan Rahman, MPP 2018 America has recently elected a new president after a turbulent election cycle. At HKS, there is one other presidency that students may be curious about. That’s the presidency of Arohi Sharma, MPP 2017. Originally from Torrance, CA, Arohi serves as the President of the Kennedy School Student Government (KSSG). The […]

By Wei Luo, MPP 2017 As the fall classes wrap up, students may be wondering how to make the most of the January term (J-term) period between winter break and spring semester. The Citizen recently spoke to Mary Beaulieu, Assistant Dean and Director of the Office of Career Advancement (OCA), and Janice Vaughn, OCA’s Senior […]

By Ivan Rahman, MPP 2018 I am jealous of Republicans at Harvard. I am jealous because, being the political minority at Harvard, they get to have their views fundamentally challenged almost every day. Conversely, my more Democratic and liberal classmates and I typically reinforce each other’s perspectives. And if we ever challenge one another ideologically, […]

By John Dong, MPP 2018 On November 10, 2016, HKS Dean Doug Elmendorf hosted the annual All-School Reception at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse. The event gave student, faculty, and staff an opportunity to “come together as a community and enjoy each other’s company.” In his brief opening remarks, Dean Elmendorf expressed his […]

Photo Credits: NBC News and LA Times By Hudson Leung (MPA/MBA Tuck, 2019) and Wilson Tong (MPA/MBA Wharton, 2018) It was 5:30AM on Election Day, and we were both awake and energized, with just a few hours to go before we could cap a long season of campaigning. One of us (Hudson) was preparing to […]

Photo Credit: The Atlantic By Howard Cohen, MPP 2018 CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS—At the Harvard election watching party, students were shocked as Trump pulled ahead of Clinton in the 2016 U.S. presidential race. Students I spoke to were at a loss for words. Women dressed in all white Clinton outfits walked into the JFK Jr. Forum expecting […]

Election night—Tuesday November 8, 2016. Harvard students, faculty, and staff gathered in the JFK Jr. Forum to witness a historic event. The Institute of Politics, the event’s organizer, decorated the Forum space and served food and refreshments to anxious students late into the night. Jake Viola (MPP ’18), wearing patriotic colors from head to toe, […]

Former US President Bill Clinton with winners of the 2016 Hult Prize. Photo credit: Hult.edu The Hult Prize, the world’s largest student competition, comes to Harvard University as students tackle President Clinton’s Refugees – Reawakening Human Potential and Restoring the Dignity of 10M People by 2022 Challenge. This local campus event is calling entrepreneurs to […]

By David Duesing, MPP 2018 The Kennedy School was honored to host a conversation between former Secretary of Defense and two-term Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel and Peabody award-winning news reporter and Institute of Politics Resident Fellow Ann Compton in the JFK Jr. Forum on Tuesday, November 1, 2016. Secretary Hagel did not mince words in […]

By David Duesing, MPP 2018 In light of accusations of both domestic and international interference in this year’s election from both parties’ presidential candidates, the JFK Jr. Forum hosted a panel of electoral security experts on Thursday, October 27 to discuss current security measures in place for U.S. elections, as well as potential techniques to […]

Photo credit: HKS Magazine By Andy Vo, MPP 2017 In response to “You’re Already in a Safe Space” by Zouhair Mazouz, MPP 2017 “What’s the point of a Chinatown anyway?” Last year, then Asian Pacific American Caucus Chair Tracey Lam organized a walking tour of Boston’s Chinatown with local organizers. As our guide led us […]