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FAS

Focusing on the Arab World

Some professors say that the College is ill-equipped to offer a comprehensive undergraduate education on the modern Middle East.

Gordon Brown
On Campus

Year in Photos: Breaking News

President Barack Obama
Politics

President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama speaks to a crowd at the Hynes Convention Center, giving his support to Governor Deval Patrick and Lt. Governor Tim Murray’s campaign in preparation for the mid-term elections held on November 2.

Politics

Kennedy School Revisits Chernobyl

The recent disaster at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan is a “decision moment” for the nuclear power community, according to Associate Professor of Public Policy at Kennedy School of Government Matthew Bunn.

Ashton B. Carter
IOP

Ashton B. Carter

Ashton B. Carter delivers a 2011 address at the JFK Jr. Forum entitled "Wars and Budget Wars: Managing in the Pentagon."

Harvard Kennedy School

Libyan Experts Discuss US Intervention

About two months after the eruption of antigovernment revolts in Benghazi, Libya, a panel of experts sat down yesterday afternoon to evaluate the United States’ intervention in Libya at “After Libya–A Revival of the Age of Intervention?”

IOP

At IOP, Lawrence Summers Urges Fiscal Spending

University Professor Lawrence H. Summers, who was director of President Obama’s National Economic Council after serving as the president of Harvard, urged that the U.S. government not cut spending in the face of ongoing fiscal negotiations in Congress.

Research

Expert Analyzes Water Supply in São Paulo

A Brazilian hydrology expert called for a holistic approach in solving São Paulo’s water supply vulnerability in a lecture at the Center for Government and International Studies yesterday.

Cambridge Forum
Harvard Kennedy School

Cambridge Forum

Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, discusses the transformation of nuclear threats in the 21st Century at the Cambridge Forum.

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Theater of War presents excerpts from the plays of Ajax and Philoctetes as well as a panel composed of war veterans and others affected by war.

Government

Government Department Lacks Scholar Specializing In Middle Eastern Studies

Harvard’s Government Department remains without an expert in the field of Middle Eastern political science.

IOP

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William James Perry the former Secretary of Defense presents the annual Robert S. McNamara Lecture on War and Peace at the IOP Thrusday night with a lecture titled “Have we reached the nuclear tipping point?”

Harvard Kennedy School

Panel Discusses Black History

During a panel discussion yesterday, speakers at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government argued that the election of President Obama ...

Politics

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Sir Nigel Sheinwald, British Ambassador to the US, speaks at the Kennedy School about Britain's plans to manage budget cuts while maintaining defense, security and relations with the EU, the United States and the world.

College Life

Low Demand for Gov. Peer Advisers

One semester after the Government Department added a new Peer Concentration Counselor (PCC) program to its advising structure, those involved have reported low response rates from concentrators.

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