The Citizen

By Tommy Tobin Here at the Kennedy School of Government, there are more than a few West Wing watchers, 24 fiends, Scandal sycophants, and Veep viewers roaming our halls. Many of us were glued to Netflix during the first season of the smash hit House of Cards. This season, Francis Underwood and the House of […]

By Ted Zagraniski Picture a United States Navy SEAL. What did you just imagine? You probably imagined someone whom you would really want to have on your side in a fight. Now picture a kid with cancer. Wouldn’t it be great if someone could team that SEAL up with that kid to help her through […]

By Tommy Tobin Craving some meat? Intrigued by chicken & waffles or adding peach to cornbread? M3 in Davis Square is your place. With chalk-written specials all over the walls and its Nashville-inspired décor, M3 is got the ambiance to match Davis Square’s hip direction. Famous for their weekend brunch, M3 is also good for […]

By Tommy Tobin Want a snug place to escape the cold? Café Pamplona on Bow Street is a venerable Harvard Square institution. Nestled in a cellar, the pastel colors and extensive beverage menu make Café Pamplona a delightful place to do some thinking or have some intimate eats. Walking into Café Pamplona feels like you’re […]

By Unny Sankar I was coming out from a pharmacy after buying fever and cough medicine for my four year old son when I saw a poster by local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) on the wall. It read that the Malaysian healthcare system was going to be shattered because the price of medicines was going to […]

Both the school and the students need to focus on professional development to make the most of the Kennedy School experience By Varun Bhandari It’s a cold February and recruitment season is underway at HKS. Students are burnishing their resumes, attending presentations, networking furiously, all hoping to land an internship or a job at their […]

By Simon R. Bone I expect almost all of you have flown through Boston Logan at some point in the last six months. That cold triangular gateway to learning and lifestyle. Seeking refuge your plane descends and turns over the Boston Harbor. It turns again. You feel it shudder and face resistance against physics as […]

By Simon R. Bone Greek Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis is not an easy to forget person. He attracts attention wherever he goes and his visit to Harvard Kennedy School on Feb 13-14 was not an exception. Right after his arrival in Boston and as a loyal user of the social media, Mr. Georgiadis posted some pictures […]

By Tim Purinton The Ghent Altarpiece, Nazi thieves and Matt Damon took the screen at a recent Institute of Politics (IOP) forum event. Monuments Men, a glossy, big-budget Hollywood production features the fate of the western worlds’ great art works including a fiercely sought after Michelangelo masterwork plundered by the Nazis during World War II. […]

By Simon R. Bone Harvard paid host to a weekend-long conference on German culture and politics over the Valentine’s weekend at Radcliffe Yard. The conference which was sponsored by many multinational companies attracted several hundred Germonphile delegates from around the world and was the 15th year this conference has been held. Offering panel discussions and […]

*what did you do before you came to the Kennedy School? Right before school, I helped my friends launch an airline in California called Surf Air. If you ever get a chance to work on a startup with your friends, do it. Before that, I worked on Governor Mitt Romney’s finance team for his two […]

By Tommy Tobin, MPP’15, Correspondent There is a certain joy in wandering down a side street only to find a true hidden gem of a restaurant. It’s hard to describe the rush of surprise when a concealed hole-in-the-wall exceeds your expectations. The Marliave, with its charming unassuming exterior down a glorified alleyway near Park Station, […]