Harvard Kennedy School
Crisis in Japan: The Way Forward
Kotaro Tamura, research associate in Program on U.S.-Japan Relations at Harvard University, speaks about “the way forward” for Japan after the recent crisis.
University Professor Paul Farmer To Give HKS Address
Famed Harvard Medical School Professor Professor Paul Farmer will serve as the 2011 commencement speaker for the John F. Kennedy School of Government, according to an announcement released yesterday.
Panelists Confident in Japan's Recovery from Earthquake, Tsunami
Four experts on Japan expressed confidence in the nation’s ability to recover from recent devastation—wrought by an earthquake and resulting tsunami—in a panel discussion at the Harvard Kennedy School yesterday night.
Exploring the consequences of a cascading disaster
Panelists Jun Kurihara, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and Shoji Tsuchida, Professor of Risk & Social Psychology at Kansai University, Osaka, Japan explore the consequences of the cascading disaster in Japan
U.S. News & World Report Releases 2012 Graduate School Rankings
The U.S. News & World Report recently released its 2012 rankings of graduate schools, and this year many of Harvard's graduate schools barely missed the top spot.
Faculty Await Liberian President's Commencement Speech
On May 26, nearly forty years after that first pivotal graduation speech at her old high school, Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will be the principal speaker at Harvard’s 360th Commencement.
Discussing the Reagan Administration
Sheila Tate, press secretary to Nancy Reagan, and Professor Roger Porter of the Kennedy School discuss President Reagan's administration in an Institute of Politics Forum.
Panel Sheds Light On Church Burning
A panel discussion at the Kennedy School of Government sought to raise awareness about church burning in contemporary society.
Frank Rich Discusses Modern Journalism
New York Times columnist Frank Rich ’71 said professional journalists will continue to be important despite changing forms of media at yesterday’s ceremony for the Goldsmith Awards in Political Journalism.
Harvard Professor Joseph Nye Met With Muammar al-Gaddafi in Libya
Former Harvard Kennedy School Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. met with Col. Muammar al-Gaddafi of Libya two times during the past four years and helped the colonel’s son with his doctoral thesis.
Immigration Reform Panel
Douglas Massey of Princeton University gives a presentation on immigration issues, as Edward Schumacher-Matos and George Borjas of Harvard Kennedy School look on.
HKS Panel Debates News
A group of foreign correspondents, radio hosts, and museum curators emphasized the importance of global citizenship while also taking the tastes of local audiences into account in two panel discussions at the Harvard Kennedy School yesterday.
Bronzes and Broadcasts
Panelists from the media and museum worlds discuss the interplay between art, culture, and the media in creating the modern global citizen in "Bronzes and Broadcasts: How Museums and the Media Reach Global Audiences" at the Kennedy School. Here, Robin Young, host of WBUR radio's "Here and Now" and Jennifer Eccleston, CNN correspondent debate the changing role and landscape of media outlets.
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.
