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Swing State Election Officials Talk Election Security During Ash Center Webinar
Four election officials from battleground states discussed how to maintain the security and fairness of their states’ elections in advance of the 2024 U.S. presidential election during a Harvard Kennedy School webinar Tuesday afternoon.
Harvard IOP Student Leader Resigns, Citing ‘Palestinian Exception to Free Speech’
Nuriel R. Vera-DeGraff ’26 — the chair of the Harvard Institute of Politics Campaigns and Advocacy Program — resigned on Monday after the IOP rejected his last-minute proposal to heavily refocus the program on Israel and Palestine.
Former U.S. Tech Officer, Taiwanese Minister Talk Technology And Democracy at IOP
Experts on the intersection of public policy and data discussed how technology could be used to strengthen democratic governance at a Harvard Institute of Politics event Thursday evening.
Kennedy School Students Elect New Student Government Amid Historic Budget Deficit
After the eleventh-hour reveal that last year’s Harvard Kennedy School Student Government ran up a historic $46,000 budget deficit, HKS students elected a new slate of representatives Tuesday night.
Olena Zelenska Visits Harvard, Talks Role of Scholarship Amid Invasion of Ukraine
Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska discussed the importance of studying Ukrainian culture and politics at a Harvard Institute of Politics talk on Tuesday.
Former CDC Director Rochelle Walensky To Headline 2024-25 Belfer Center Senior Fellows Cohort
Rochelle P. Walensky — who led the Center for Disease Control and Prevention during the Covid-19 pandemic — will headline the 2024-25 cohort of senior fellows at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Harvard Kennedy School Student Government Ran Up $46,000 Budget Deficit Last Year
The Harvard Kennedy School Student Government ran up a nearly $46,000 budget deficit in the 2023-24 academic year, leading the school to impose new restrictions on the student government’s funding, according to an email obtained by The Crimson.
Most Young Voters Support Harris Over Trump, New Harvard IOP Youth Poll Finds
Vice President Kamala Harris leads former President Donald Trump by 31 percentage points among likely young voters, according to the latest iteration of the Harvard Institute of Politics Youth Poll.
Financial Scandal Taints Harvard Kennedy School Student Government Election
As Harvard Kennedy School holds its annual student government elections this week, a new scandal has taken center stage: the $46,000 budget deficit incurred by last year’s KSSG administration.
Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska to Visit Harvard Next Week for IOP Event
Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska will headline a Harvard Institute of Politics event at noon on Tuesday to discuss the role of Ukrainian studies in the country’s war against Russia.
Heifetz Will No Longer Teach Popular But Controversial HKS Leadership Course
For the past four decades, Harvard Kennedy School lecturer Ronald A. Heifetz has been the face of the school’s widely popular classes on leadership.
Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center Launches New Program On Technology and Public Policy
The Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs launched a new program focused on hosting research, events, and fellowships at the intersection of technology and policy at an event on Monday.
HKS Adopts Non-Attribution Policy, Announces Constructive Conversations Initiative
The Candid and Constructive Conversations task force announced that Harvard Kennedy School would adopt a non-attribution policy as part of a slate of new rules and programming aimed at fostering conversations on divisive issues.
Harvard Kennedy School Public Impact Analytics Science Lab Receives $3 Million From DOD
The Public Impact Analytics Science Lab at the Harvard Kennedy School received a nearly $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense on Sept. 1 for a project that will leverage artificial intelligence to create personalized treatments for melanoma.
Harvard Institute of Politics Startup Incubator Partners with Venture Capital Firm XFund
The Harvard Institute of Politics Governance Lab — an incubator for student-led social impact startups — has partnered with Harvard-affiliated venture capital firm XFund to grant its startups a fast-track through XFund’s $100,000 startup competition.
