The Citizen

Boston is in the running to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.  The Citizen spoke with Steve Poftak, the Executive Director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, to learn more about Boston’s process so far and the situation as it stands. Mr. Poftak is a Boston resident who previously worked for the Commonwealth’s Executive […]

By: SPSC In collaboration with the Dean’s Office, research centers, programs, offices, and other student groups, the Student Public Service Collaborative (SPSC) is organizing the annual Public Service Week from 23rd to 28th February 2015. The theme this year is ‘The Pulse of Public Service.’  With talks, drives, volunteering projects, and networking, you’ll be sure […]

By Mac Faulkner, MC/MPA ‘15 Think back to the first time you picked up a ball. Look down at the ball between your hands, before you attempt to throw it across the room to your mom (but maybe miss and hit a lamp). What inspired you to pick up that ball? For many of us, […]

By Nahal Bahri On February 12th, the Harvard Women’s Law Association (“WLA”) at Harvard Law School held its 9th Annual Conference titled, “Walking on Broken Glass: Redesigning Institutions After the Glass Ceiling.” The WLA Conference is the premier event for women at Harvard Law School, a forum for reflecting on women’s goals in the legal […]

By Patrick Daniel, Contributor  When Maggie Williams, Director of the Institute of Politics, introduced Brandon Stanton to the audience at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum this week, Stanton’s story was celebrated as “an American tale of never giving up,” and his blog as “a quintessence of America’s great city.” Stanton is the author of […]

An interview with Allister Chang, President of KSSG By: Malik Siraj Akbar MC/MPA ‘15 Web Editor Malik Siraj Akbar is conducting interviews with student group leaders to highlight the work of these student activities around campus. Here’s the first of the series, with Kennedy School Student Government (KSSG) President Allister Chang. The series will continue […]

By Katherine Blaisdell, Managing Editor, MPA/MDiv ‘16 In addition to new hand dryers and updated plumbing, the restrooms in Divinity Hall at Harvard Divinity School have experienced a gender change. The single-person restrooms no longer have Women and Men signage, but signs that read, “All Gender Restroom: Anyone can use this restroom, regardless of gender […]

By: Ku Ka Tsai, MPP ’15 Coordinating volunteer opportunities at the Kennedy School is neither thankless nor depressing. Far from it: It constantly teaches me about the importance and ease of kindness. But it has also made me think about passion, and whether it necessarily implies compassion. One corner of the Student Public Service Collaborative’s […]

An interview with Professor Joshua Goodman Finds Significant College Quality Effect Low-income, low-skilled students are at a disadvantage. Harvard Kennedy School Assistant Professor Joshua Goodman is undertaking ground-breaking research that can help education professionals and policymakers help these low-income, underperforming students attend the highest quality colleges and universities available. Professor Goodman and his co-authors from […]

By Tommy Tobin, Editor in Chief Entrepreneurship is about bold ideas as well as the skill and the drive to see them through. For HKS Professor Carl Byers, entrepreneurship—whether in the private or social sector—is about the numbers. In his course, “Entrepreneurial Finance,” Byers teaches students the ins and outs of balance sheets, profit/loss statements, […]

By Nahal Bahri, University of California, Berkeley School of Law J.D. Candidate 2015; Harvard Law School, 3rd year Exchange Program 2014-2015 On Tuesday, November 25th, Harvard Law students discussed their recent lawsuit against the Harvard Corporation, seeking to compel the Harvard Corporation to divest from fossil fuel companies. The students focused on their mission, which […]

By Anne Stotler, MPP ’15   Searching for the balance between learning to serve and doing it “You and your sister thought I was a bad mother sometimes,” my mother recently joked about how much time she spent volunteering when I was growing up. “You were always the last kids picked up at school because […]