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Tag: Harvard Kennedy School
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Health
What Rochelle Walensky learned
Sees major progress in science since 1918 Spanish flu outbreak, but says complications of politics have plagued every epidemic since
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Campus & Community
Finding right mix on campus speech policies
Legal, political scholars discuss balancing personal safety, constitutional rights, academic freedom amid roiling protests, cultural shifts
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Nation
New IOP poll finds younger voters unenthusiastic on Biden-Trump rematch
Fewer are feeling bullish on casting ballots, a potentially worrisome sign for Democrats, who benefited from 2020 surge
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Nation & World
A towering scholar-turned-diplomat, public intellectual
Harvard faculty examine legacy of Henry Kissinger
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Nation & World
Hope for progress survives terror and war
Can the Israelis and Palestinians find peace? Scholars discuss — and debate — long history of conflict, prospects for a durable accord
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Nation
New study finds wide gap in SAT/ACT test scores between wealthy, lower-income kids
Opportunity Insights researcher notes how opportunity, preparation differences begin early, play major role in success, suggests possible solutions
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Work & Economy
We’ll gather together — even though everything seems so much more expensive
Economists explain why Americans feel inflation, economy are much, much worse than they actually are
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Work & Economy
‘Glass ceiling’ is problem, but so are ‘broken rungs’
New report examines myths hampering advancement of women in workplace, actual barriers, and possible solutions
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Nation & World
How big a deal is meeting between Biden, Xi? Pretty big
Longtime China watcher Tony Saich says two nations want to stabilize ties a bit amid troubling levels of tension
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Nation
U.S. hurtles toward new record for mass shootings
Steven Dettelbach cites advances in gun technology, lack of restrictions on access, says change will come when Americans demand it.
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Nation & World
Chetty, Sandel on what’s crushing American Dream
Big data shows that being rich matters a lot more than how hard someone works. Raj Chetty and Michael Sandel offer insights as part of the Reimagining the Economy series.
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Campus & Community
This woman’s work
Faculty and friends of trailblazing Harvard economist Claudia Goldin react to her historic Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences win.
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Nation & World
Think of jailing debtors as Dickensian? Think again.
Harvard-led study of three states finds thousands are jailed each year for failure to pay court costs, often for misdemeanors.
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Nation & World
Documenting unseen legacies of Vietnam War
Kennedy School historians document possible sites of the remains of Vietnamese soldiers who went missing in action.
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Nation & World
Lessons for today’s Cold War 2.0 with Russia, China
Intelligence expert says both seek to topple U.S. from atop world stage, with Beijing’s blend of money, influence, all-hands-on-deck approach posing bigger threat.
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Arts & Culture
So what exactly makes Taylor Swift so great?
Experts weigh in on pop superstar’s cultural and financial impact as her tours and albums continue to break records.
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Nation & World
Takeaway from summit: NATO is back
Former U.S. envoy to alliance notes addition of Finland, with Sweden close behind, Ukraine on expedited path, renewed unity in face of Russian aggression.
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Nation
Energy agency says global thirst for oil finally may be topping out
Harvard experts say that while it’s possible the global oil demand will peak in the coming years, the developing world’s desire and ability to transition to cleaner fuels may foil hopes.
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Nation
Muting Trump’s ‘megaphone’ easier said than done
Political experts suggest ways media can blunt the former president’s skillful manipulation of coverage to spread falsehoods, divisiveness.
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Work & Economy
How U.S. debt-limit drama has hurt economy
Policy expert examines prospects of Biden-McCarthy plan as Congress wrestles over details, Monday deadline looms.
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Campus & Community
Saving Mom a seat in class
Life circumstances put sophomore Elio Kennedy-Yoon and grad student mother in “Queer Nation” course at Harvard Kennedy School.
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Work & Economy
Toomey doesn’t see recession looming
The former Republican senator offered his views on the state of the U.S. economy and the looming debt ceiling showdown in Washington.
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Nation
Rising political tide of young adults, Gen Z
IOP’s John Della Volpe points to backlash after the expulsion of two Black Tennessee legislators in their 20s after a gun-control rally in the wake of the Nashville school shooting.
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Nation
‘Governor, I don’t know what’s going on, but there are body parts all over the street’
Ten years after the Boston Marathon bombing, former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and homeland security expert Juliette Kayyem talk about what we learned from that tragedy.
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Nation & World
It started the summer he first hunted Nazis
Eli Rosenbaum, who has spent four decades investigating and prosecuting Nazis and war crimes at the Department of Justice, talks about leading DOJ’s new team dedicated to prosecuting war crimes committed in Ukraine.
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Health
Supreme Court may halt health care guarantees for inmates
Harvard experts on law and policy say originalist view used to overturn Roe could upend the 1976 Supreme Court ruling that requires a minimal standard for inmate health care.
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Nation & World
Ukraine sees victory ahead, shift to West
Dmytro Kuleba spoke about Ukraine’s push for support from Western powers, mistakes that set the stage for the Russian invasion, and prospects for a Ukrainian victory.
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Nation & World
One year later: How does Ukraine war end?
Analysts look back at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine one year later.
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Nation & World
Defining moment for longtime allies
Edward P. Djerejian looks at the major concerns surrounding Israel’s new government policies and the Palestinian issue, including what role the U.S. can play in “conflict management.”
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Health
Happy? Want to learn how to be?
Arthur Brooks aims to ignite a mass movement through podcasts, books, and a new lab at the Kennedy School for research and leadership training.
