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Ireland's 14th Taoiseach Leo Varadkar at the 2025 Gustav Pollak Lecture
IOP

Former Irish Prime Minister Relives His Tenure at 2025 Gustav Pollak Lecture

Former Prime Minister of Ireland Leo Varadkar said Western countries should give more foreign aid to reduce illegal migration and defended the rise of deportations during his tenure at the 2025 Gustav Pollak Lecture on Thursday.

Harvard College Women's Center
College

Women Founders Discuss the Future of Climate and Sustainability at Earth Day Panel

Female leaders in climate and sustainability discussed their initiatives at a Harvard College Women’s Center event in honor of Earth Day on Wednesday.

Emerson Hall
Politics

At Union Event, UC-Riverside Professor Says Harvard Is a Collaborator With Trump

University of California-Riverside Professor Dylan Rodriguez discussed organizing against “enemy institutions” like Harvard under the Trump administration at a Thursday event hosted by the graduate student union’s unofficial Workers’ Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions caucus.

Louise Leakey Talk on Lake Turkana
Museums

Paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey Talks Turkana Basin Discoveries at Peabody Museum

Paleoanthropologist Louise Leakey, the granddaughter of Mary and Louis Leakey, who first determined that early humans evolved in Africa, presented a history of her family’s research in north Kenya at the Peabody Museum on Thursday.

JodiKantor
Harvard Law School

Jodi Kantor Talks Investigative Journalism at Harvard Law School Discussion

Jodi Kantor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the The New York Times who exposed allegations of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein in 2017, discussed the differences between journalism and legal careers at a Harvard Law School event on Wednesday.

Sudan in Crisis IOP Forum
IOP

Panelists Condemn Weak International Response to Sudan at IOP Forum

Experts in African politics and international conflict called for renewed attention and a stronger global response to Sudan’s civil war at an Institute of Politics forum on Tuesday, exactly two years after the conflict began.

National Security IOP Forum with Protest
IOP

HOOP Organizes Silent Demonstration at Jake Sullivan IOP Forum

Eight Harvard affiliates unfurled banners above the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum to protest former National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan’s role in Israel’s war in Gaza as he spoke at an Institute of Politics forum on Tuesday.

Anderson Cooper Goldsmith Awards
Harvard Kennedy School

CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper Honored With 2025 Goldsmith Career Award

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper was awarded the 2025 Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism at a ceremony hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy.

Graduate School of Education
Events

Former OCR Head Catherine Lhamon Talks Ed Department Cuts at HGSE

Former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education Catherine E. Lhamon said the Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the department will put students at risk at a Harvard Graduate School of Education forum on Tuesday.

U.S. Ambassador Nick Burns IOP Forum
IOP

‘Be Nice to Allies’: Former Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns Emphasizes Diplomatic Civility at IOP Forum

Former United States Ambassador to China R. Nicholas Burns stressed the importance of maintaining strong relationships with U.S. allies in limiting Chinese global influence at an Institute of Politics forum on Wednesday.

Graduate School of Education
Events

Journalist Connie Chung Lambasts Trump, State of the Media at Harvard Graduate School of Education Talk

Veteran news anchor Connie Chung slammed President Donald Trump and the current state of the media at a Harvard Graduate School of Education event on Sunday.

QuOffice
Student Groups

American Actor Jeremy Pope Discusses Queer, Black Identity and Performance at College Event

Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe, and Tony-nominated actor Jeremy Pope spoke about identity, his upbringing, and navigating the entertainment industry as a queer Black artist during a talk on Thursday afternoon.

Cornell William Brooks
IOP

At IOP Forum, Legacy Protest Leaders Say Younger Protesters Need to Take More Risks in Era of Retribution

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, a constitutional law professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said protestors need to brace themselves for potential legal consequences at an Institute of Politics forum on Thursday night.

USAID IOP Forum
IOP

Foreign Affairs Experts Debate Impact of USAID Cuts at Harvard IOP Forum

Harvard's Institute of Politics hosted a panel Tuesday evening on the future of foreign aid following the Trump administration’s plans to eliminate more than 90 percent of the contracts for the United States International Agency for Development.

Ajay Banga at IOP
IOP

World Bank President Ajay Banga Talks Jobs and Development at IOP Forum

World Bank President Ajay S. Banga said global development initiatives must prioritize job creation at a Harvard Institute of Politics Forum on Monday.

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