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The Harvard Youth Poll Overestimated Support for Harris. What Caused the Gap?
For the second consecutive presidential election cycle, the Harvard Institute of Politics Youth Poll overestimated support for the Democratic candidate among likely voters under 30 by a margin of more than 10 points.
Belgian Prime Minister Says U.S. Economic Relationship Is Strong In “Unpredictable” Environment
Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said that Europe’s economic relationship with the United States is “rock solid” at a Harvard Institute of Politics forum Friday evening.
Former Senator Sherrod Brown, Eight Others To Join Harvard’s Institute Of Politics as Spring 2025 Fellows
Former U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown and his wife Connie Shultz, a Pulitzer-prize winning columnist, will serve as visiting fellows at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics this spring.
Former U.S. Ambassador to China To Return to Kennedy School Professorship
Former U.S. Ambassador to China R. Nicholas Burns will return to the Harvard Kennedy School as a professor this April, joining the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, the University announced earlier this week.
Program Director at HKS Nonviolent Action Lab To Resign Over Antisemitism Settlements
The program director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Nonviolent Action Lab, gave Harvard his two-weeks notice on Wednesday in protest of the University’s decision to define certain criticisms of Israel as antisemitic.
Biden Awards Medals of Freedom to Former Defense Sec. Ash Carter, Harvard Donor David Rubenstein
President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom on Saturday to two Harvard affiliates — former U.S. Defense Secretary and longtime Harvard Kennedy School professor Ashton B. Carter and former Harvard Corporation fellow David M. Rubenstein.
15 Harvard Affiliates Call on Senate to Deny RFK Jr. Nomination for Health Secretary
Fifteen Harvard-affiliated Nobel Laureates signed an open letter to the United States Senate opposing the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’76 as Secretary of Health and Human Services on Monday night.
‘All in Good Fun’: Camaraderie and Competition in Harvard’s Club and Intramural Sports
In more than a dozen interviews with The Crimson, participants in club and intramural sports described the motivation as camaraderie and competition — not success.
UN Chairs Discuss Report on AI Geopolitics at IOP Forum
The co-chairs of the United Nations AI Advisory Board, Carme Artigas and James M. Manyika, discussed the geopolitics of developing and governing artificial intelligence at a Harvard Institute of Politics forum Wednesday evening.
Harvard Students for Harris, Harvard Dems Scale Back Canvassing Trip After Bus Cancellations
After one bus canceled and another failed to arrive, Harvard College Democrats and Harvard Students for Harris cut their 48-member crew down to 16 for a 24-hour canvassing trip to Pennsylvania on Saturday.
‘Class Is Dismissed’: Durham Mayor Discusses HKS Student Mentorship Program
Leonardo Q. Williams, the mayor of Durham, N.C., addressed a crowd of Harvard Kennedy School students Wednesday evening, speaking to the power of community in local government.
