Tag: Christina Pazzanese
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Campus & Community
New dean finds strong foundation at HKS
Douglas Elmendorf, the new dean of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, talks about his return to academia and weighs in on where HKS is headed.
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Nation & World
China’s top 100 philanthropists
Harvard Kennedy School researchers’ efforts provide a deep look into the most generous of China’s first generation of billionaires, what they’re doing with their wealth, and why.
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Work & Economy
Doing his job
Bill Belichick’s endlessly efficient management style holds lessons for business
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Nation & World
Top-down urgency for criminal-justice reform
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch made a strong case for criminal-justice reform during a talk at Harvard Law School.
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Nation & World
Nuclear nervousness
Analysts at Harvard Kennedy School discuss North Korea’s latest nuclear test and the political implications it presents not only for neighboring powers like China and Russia, but for the rest of the world.
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Campus & Community
The best stories of 2015
A look back at some of the Gazette’s best stories of 2015.
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Nation & World
Soccer under siege
Matt Andrews, an associate professor of public policy at the Center for International Development at Harvard University, discusses the ongoing corruption scandal under now-disgraced FIFA President Sepp Blatter, and how to begin to clean up the sport.
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Nation & World
An Rx for the T
Ash Center senior research fellow Charles Chieppo weighs in on how to begin to fix the troubled MBTA, and assesses the reforms thus far.
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Nation & World
Carter: Islamic State will be defeated
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter spoke about the ongoing war with Islamic State and touted the many public service opportunities in the military for students, even if they don’t envision a career on the battlefield.
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Nation & World
Beware of those toxic co-workers
New HBS research finds that avoiding a toxic employee realizes twice the savings of hiring a superstar.
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Campus & Community
Pedro, a pitcher with ‘no space to fail’
Former Boston Red Sox pitching great Pedro Martinez spoke with Professor Michael Sandel Tuesday about his illustrious 18-year career.
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Nation & World
With attacks, ISIS now a global worry
During a pair of interviews, Harvard Kennedy School analysts weigh in on the deadly and shocking terrorist attacks believed orchestrated by the Islamic State in Paris and Beirut.
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Nation & World
What’s past is prologue
Celebrated author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates discussed how U.S. policy on criminal justice today is still deeply enmeshed with the nation’s fraught racial legacy.
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Nation & World
Agreeing to disagree
Associate Justice Stephen Breyer discusses the dynamics on the Supreme Court, his role and view on sentencing reform and Citizens United, and how American democracy is strengthened by our understanding of the legal thinking of other nations.
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Nation & World
Playing without rules
Eugen Dimant, who studies corruption in sports, discusses the implications of charges on Monday by the World Anti-Doping Agency that Russia has a massive, state-run doping operation in its athletic programs.
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Nation & World
Making government work
Kennedy School initiative takes an unconventional, holistic approach to researching, designing, and implementing policy around international development.
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Arts & Culture
Form, setting, space, light
Legendary fashion designer Calvin Klein spoke at the Harvard Graduate School of Design Monday evening about how the language of architecture has influenced his 40-year career and now, the rest of his life.
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Science & Tech
Returning to Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy
Students in a new Graduate School of Design course use what they’ve learned to help restore the urban legacy of slain Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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Nation & World
Torture through a viewfinder
A new photo exhibit at Harvard Law School depicts the Syrian government’s brutality toward civilians, organizers say, and raises calls for legal and political remedies.
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Nation & World
Facing ‘the challenge of our generation’
Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the array of foreign policy challenges facing the United States, speaking with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Graham Allison.
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Nation & World
Matching policy to power of addiction
The crisis in heroin addiction has mobilized law enforcement, public health officials, and scholars to push for substantial changes to drug policy.
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Nation & World
Inside the Iran nuclear deal
Former Ambassador Wendy Sherman, who led the U.S. negotiating team that struck the landmark nuclear agreement with Iran, reflects on her work and what it takes to succeed in the field of high-stakes diplomacy.
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Campus & Community
Man vs. machine
Harvard’s Michael Sandel and an all-star panel engaged in a “Justice” style dialogue to kick off HUBweek.
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Nation & World
Conflict escalation
Retired Brigadier Gen. Kevin Ryan, now at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, assesses the implications of Russia’s incursion into Syria.
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Nation & World
After Boehner
Douglas Heye, a former top communications official with the GOP and now a fall fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, discusses the turmoil within the Republican Party following House Speaker John Boehner’s abrupt retirement announcement.
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Nation & World
Europe’s crisis of conscience
Panelists discuss the ongoing humanitarian crisis as millions of Syrian refugees fleeing civil war find disparate receptions in European nations.
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Campus & Community
Troubling findings on sexual assault
In tandem with the release of findings from a national survey of college students about sexual assault, Harvard’s Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Assault made the University’s data public Monday, including results that paint a troubling picture of sexual misconduct on campus. President Drew Faust called the survey results “deeply disturbing” and said…
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Nation & World
Straight dealing
As Congress prepares to vote on a deal to limit Iran’s nuclear program, Harvard Kennedy School experts consider its merits and shortcomings and look to what’s next.