Tag: Christina Pazzanese
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Nation & World
To commemorate a centennial, a look back at a tragedy — and maybe an attempted genocide
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum will discuss her research on the Holodomor, a famine in Ukraine in the early 1930s that killed nearly 4 million people, and which she contends was orchestrated by Joseph Stalin.
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Nation & World
Straight talk with TV’s Joe and Mika
“Morning Joe” co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski stop by Harvard to discuss the difficulties women face getting equitable treatment in the workplace, the future of the Republican Party, and critique their former friend President
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Nation & World
To improve education, reallocate funds, DeVos urges
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos argued in favor of more school choice as a remedy for the nation’s beleaguered public education system during a protest-marked forum at the Harvard Kennedy School Thursday evening.
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Work & Economy
Political failure through a business lens
A new report from Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter and co-author Katherine Gehl looks at the country’s dysfunctional political system through the lens of business competition to find practical, effective ways to improve how politics serves what should be its most important customers: average voters.
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Nation & World
Campaign ’16: How coverage rerouted
A comprehensive report from the Berkman Klein Center found stark differences between what conservative media consumers read and shared online and what everyone else was doing.
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Nation & World
Where Washington actually works
On Capitol Hill, the everyday business of government rolls along, aided by many Harvard-trained officials.
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Nation & World
Gauging the bias of lawyers
Political scientist Maya Sen discusses why she believes that, despite accusations by the president and many on the right, a lawyer’s history of political donations to Democrats isn’t proof of professional bias.
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Nation & World
New questions in Russia probe
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, director of the Belfer Center’s Intelligence and Defense Project, assesses revelations that in June 2016 top Trump campaign officials met with Russians who claimed they could deliver damaging information on Hillary Clinton.
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Nation & World
What Comey’s testimony means
Retired judge and Harvard lecturer Nancy Gertner weighs in on legal issues surrounding former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony about President Trump.
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Nation & World
The troubling U.S.-China face-off
In a new book, the Harvard Kennedy School’s Graham Allison looks at how the power struggle between Athens and Sparta in classical Greece offers important insights into the looming complexities as China’s meteoric rise threatens to displace the U.S. as the dominant world power.
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Campus & Community
Apathy not an option, Biden says
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden tells College seniors to avoid apathy and help shape their nation, during Class Day speech in Harvard Yard.
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Campus & Community
A Ugandan border official, redefined
Agnes Igoye brought her fight to end human trafficking from Uganda to Harvard’s Kennedy School.
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Nation & World
The fallout from Comey’s firing
Harvard Law School Professor Alex Whiting discusses the legal issues swirling around President Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey.
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Campus & Community
‘There were just so many things that I was curious about’
Interview with Professor Joseph Nye as part of the Experience series.
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Nation & World
A newly stable France, Europe
Arthur Goldhammer, an analyst of French politics, discusses the impact of France’s presidential election on that nation and on Europe.
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Nation & World
The lessons on Russian intelligence
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Mike Rogers, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, discuss Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
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Nation & World
The challenges facing higher ed
Excellence, access, and affordability are top concerns for higher education, Faust and other presidents say in Washington discussion.
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Nation & World
The worry over North Korea
Kennedy School analyst Gary Samore discusses North Korea’s latest nuclear provocation and what it means for U.S. policy under the Trump administration.
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Nation & World
John Lewis urges: Back ‘the beloved community’
Civil Rights icon and Congressman John Lewis, coming to Harvard to receive an award for citizen activism, talks about his how far the country has come in taking care of all, despite recent setbacks, and why he remains hopeful for the future.
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Nation & World
Behind the Gorsuch nomination
Just a day after Neil Gorsuch survived a political firestorm and was sworn in as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Kelly Ayotte, the former senator from New Hampshire, talked about her experience guiding him through the confirmation process.
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Campus & Community
For her, home is the heart of the matter
Dana McKinney, M.Arch ’17, M.UP ’17, hopes to use design creativity to affect social change.
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Arts & Culture
Cassandra Wilson’s voice of wisdom
Acclaimed jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson is at Harvard this week to work with students and share her insights and experiences in music.
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Nation & World
The puzzle in politics and polling
Don’t blame data analytics for Trump’s unexpected victory, Nate Silver says, blame political reporting’s conventional wisdom.
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Nation & World
For the rural right, the key’s what ‘feels true’
Noted sociologist and author Arlie Hochschild discussed her research into the emotional life of “red state” conservatives and the “deep story” that informs their worldview.
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Campus & Community
When undergrads are just living
New leadership at the Office of Student Life brings ideas and a fresh approach to supporting students and helping them have a rich and satisfying College experience.
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Nation & World
U.S. intelligence: A ‘truth-devoted’ culture
Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, a former CIA officer and now a senior fellow at the Belfer Center, discusses the intelligence community’s investigation into Russian hacking of the 2016 election and the ongoing friction between these agencies and the administration of President Trump.