The Citizen

By Chrissie Long, Staff Writer, MPP’14 With less than two months before commencement, time is running out to experience all of those things you wanted to do but never got around to due to problem sets or papers. Pretty soon, you’ll be walking across the stage to receive your diploma. Late nights spent reading long […]

By Fernando Berdion Del Valle, MPP ’14, Correspondent Former Mexican president Felipe Calderón has returned to his alma mater. A Class of 2000 graduate of the Masters of Public Administration program, the former head of state is serving as the inaugural Angelopoulos Fellow – a program designed to provide opportunities for high-profile leaders who are […]

By Nick Wilson, Staff Writer, MPP’14 Last issue, I challenged you to leave the Cambridge bubble to experience the rich and diverse cultural offerings in our cities museums, which are free for Harvard students. As PAEs, midterms, job and internship searches consume more of our time and spare brainpower, I know this can be a […]

By Khurram Ali, MPP ’14, Correspondent This week, I had the wonderful opportunity to interview Professor Matt Andrews, Associate Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), on his work in the developing world and his views on public administration. After the first few sessions of his course on “Money Management and Policy Implementation […]

Over the past few months, the Kennedy School happily announced the arrival of seven new faculty members for the spring semester. Here’s a quick overview of these new professors and lecturers including their background, their new position at HKS and their area of interest. Alexis Diamond, Adjunct Faculty Diamond is returning to HKS as adjunct […]

By Anya Malkov, MPP ’13, Correspondent Have you ever heard an adult say “I only eat pink ice cream?” Of course not, because everyone knows that “pink” is not a flavor. A pink ice cream can be strawberry, cherry, salad or crabmeat. Yes, salad and crabmeat-flavored ice cream does exist. Common sense dictates we not […]

By Zach Crowley, MC-MPA’13, Staff Writer Under Hillary Clinton, the State Department has successfully reversed the nation’s steep downward trend in foreign opinion by aggressively – listening. In January, the Christian Science Monitor reviewed her record in an article titled “The Listening Legacy of Hillary Clinton”.  It’s the sort of counter-intuitive approach to make a […]

What Shih Said (Musings from a Former Editor):  Cameron Russell: Of Heroism and Its Distractions By Irene Shih, MPP ’13 This month, I finally had a chance to view Cameron Russell’s TED Talk, given in October 2012. In it, she offers a very personal view about the privilege and social complexities of being commercially beautiful. […]

By Fredo Arias-King, HBS ’96, GSAS ’98, Correspondent President Felipe Calderón did what most Mexicans only dreamed of—he struck with force at the organized crime taking over the country. Why, then, is he so disliked? When Harvard invited the now ex-president to serve as a fellow at the Kennedy School, this created a small uproar […]

By Neil Gundavda, MPP ’14, Assistant Opinions Editor In President Barack Obama’s most recent State of the Union address, he outlined an ambitious yet important plan to make preschool available for every child in America. He stressed the crucial link between early education and academic success in the future. It’s a tough sell: The plan […]

By William Sentence, MPP ’14, Correspondent Harvard held an event last week entitled ‘Digital Humanities Across the Spectrum’. It is part of an explosion of interest in the area – the total number of sessions on the subject at the Modern Language Association Conference in Boston doubled to nearly 70 over the past 3 years. […]

By Litcy Kurisinkal, MPP ’13, Correspondent Inclusivity and diversity have been buzzwords in the recent years. While there have been several initiatives aimed at ensuring diversity at most Harvard graduate schools, the main focus has been on proportional representation in admissions and faculty hiring. How do students of Harvard handle their daily life issues concerning […]