Tag: Ash Institute

  • Nation & World

    Ash Institute honors six programs with Innovations in American Government Award

    The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School recently announced the 2009 winners of the Innovations in American Government Awards on Sept. 14.

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    Ash Institute’s finalists for its Innovations award

    The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government (HKS) has announced the finalists for the 2009 Innovations in American Government Awards.

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  • Nation & World

    Ash names Top 50 innovations in government

    The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) recently announced the top 50 programs of the 2009 Innovations in American Government Awards competition. The programs, which represent the best in government innovation from local, county, city, tribal, state, and federal levels, were selected from more than 600 applicants, and include…

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    Kennedy School’s Ash Institute welcomes Asia Programs fellows

    The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) recently announced 11 new fellows for the spring 2009 term. As representatives from academic, government, and business sectors in Asia, the fellows will pursue independent research at the Ash Institute’s Asia Programs.

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    HKS initiative includes new professorships, student support, and research

    The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is announcing an ambitious new initiative linking innovative governance to the world’s major social challenges.

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    Asia Programs offers master’s in public policy degree

    Asia Programs of the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation recently announced (Oct. 16) the launch of its two-year master’s in public policy (M.P.P.) program at the Fulbright School in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

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    HKS Asia Programs joins the Ash Institute

    The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation and Asia Programs at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) will announce a new partnership. Under the leadership of new institute director Tony Saich, Asia Programs became part of the Ash Institute on July 1. The new collaboration promises to leverage and expand the collective strength of both organizations.

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  • Nation & World

    Ash Institute honors city, state, federal programs with Innovations Awards

    The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) recently announced the winners of the 2008 Innovations in American Government Awards. These six government initiatives — consisting of one city, three state, and two federal programs — were recently honored at an awards gala and reception at the U.S. Chamber of…

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  • Nation & World

    Ash Institute names innovation award finalists

    The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) recently announced the 15 finalists for the 2008 Innovations in American Government Awards competition. These programs are models of government excellence, representing innovative programming from the local, county, city, tribal, state, and federal levels. The finalists were selected from an initial pool…

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    Ash Institute awards grants to Harvard Kennedy School faculty, students

    The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) recently announced its faculty and student summer grant recipients for the 2008 academic year. The institute will fund four summer 2008 independent student research grants, two student Ash Summer Fellowships in Innovation, and five faculty research grants. Such grants are part of…

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  • Nation & World

    Ash Institute names top innovations in government

    The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) recently announced the Top 50 programs of the 2008 Innovations in American Government Awards competition.

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    Ash Institute announces system reform semifinalists

    Earlier this month, the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) announced eight semifinalists for the 2008 Annie E. Casey Innovations Award in Children and Family System Reform.

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  • Nation & World

    Seven outstanding programs honored as innovations in U.S. government

    The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government on Sept. 25 announced seven state, city, and local government programs as winners of the 2007 Innovations in American Government Awards. The winners were honored at the Innovations in American Government Awards 20th anniversary reception at the U.S.…

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    IBM, Ash Institute create award to recognize innovation in government

    IBM and the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) recently announced the creation of a $100,000 award program to recognize the world’s most transformative government programs.

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    Ash Institute awards faculty grants

    The Roy and Lila Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University has awarded $245,000 in grants for faculty research and retreat in 2007, director Gowher Rizvi recently announced. Each of the nine projects funded supports the goals of the institute by seeking to advance good government and to strengthen democratic institutions worldwide…

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