Tag: Institute of Politics

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    Harvard’s IOP announces fall fellows

    The Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School has announced its resident and visiting fellowships for this fall.

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  • Nation & World

    A Nobel cause in the Arab world

    The West must do more to support the ongoing, peaceful democratic revolutions in long-suppressed Arab nations, Yemeni activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman said during an address at the Harvard Kennedy School

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    They pledge allegiance

    Harvard University students and staff on Monday helped to celebrate the new U.S. citizenship of 23 staff members, all of whom achieved their goal with the aid of the Harvard Citizenship Program.

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  • Nation & World

    Palin’s game-changing legacy

    Political journalists Mark Halperin ’87 and John Heilemann, M.P.A. ’90, returned to Harvard Thursday night to screen and discuss the new HBO Films adaptation of their best-seller “Game Change,” showing that the drama of Sarah Palin’s 2008 vice presidential nomination can still draw an enthusiastic crowd.

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    The business of changing the world

    What will the next generation of social entrepreneurs need to succeed? Analysts debated the future of the budding field — and Harvard students demonstrated it — at Harvard Kennedy School on Feb. 24.

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    Poised to strike?

    As Iran moves closer to having a nuclear weapon, Israel faces an existential moment.

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    Women as peacemakers

    Activists from across Africa and the Middle East drew from on-the-ground experience in a discussion of women’s role in peace efforts at John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.

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  • Campus & Community

    IOP announces spring fellows

    Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics has announced the selection of an experienced group of individuals for resident and visiting fellowships this spring.

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  • Nation & World

    Harvard poll predicts Obama loss

    A new national poll of America’s 18- to 29-year-olds by the Institute of Politics (IOP) at the Harvard Kennedy School finds more millennials predict President Barack Obama will lose his bid for re-election (36 percent) than win (30 percent).

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    Inspired by their stories

    Student who backs women’s causes aims to make a difference in the next election by working in national politics.

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  • Nation & World

    Gingrich opposes campaign limits

    Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, speaking at Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, says the political system would run more smoothly if campaign donors could contribute what they wish.

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    IOP welcomes former Chicago mayor

    The Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School has announced the fall visiting fellowship of Richard M. Daley, mayor of Chicago from 1989 to 2011.

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    Lessons from a leader

    At an event sponsored by the Women’s Initiative in Leadership at Harvard’s Institute of Politics, President Drew Faust discussed qualities that make a great leader and offered insights into her own role heading Harvard.

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    A Harvard perspective on military service

    Harvard’s Office of Career Services adds to its shelves of guides a pamphlet on military service.

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    A room fit for a president

    A Winthrop House suite that once housed the young John F. Kennedy gets a facelift, and recreates the room as the future U.S leader would have known it.

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  • Nation & World

    The 99 percent solution

    Occupy Wall Street, the inspiration for hundreds of similar economic protests, is “an angry work in progress” that drew experts’ attention during two programs at Harvard.

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    Untold war stories

    Women’s voices have long been absent from stories of war — and from the process of peacemaking. A group of women scholars and filmmakers gathered at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Oct. 4 to explore those untold stories in conjunction with the new PBS series “Women, War, and Peace.”

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    Ugly America

    American politicians no longer politely agree to disagree. On that, participants in a panel talk Sept. 16 at the John F. Kennedy Forum all concurred. On whether there was any chance this would change, there was dispute. Politely, if passionately, expressed.

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  • Campus & Community

    Roemer to visit IOP in October

    The Institute of Politics (IOP), located at Harvard Kennedy School, announced the fall visiting fellowship of Tim Roemer the week of Oct. 3.

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    It’s time for diplomacy

    Kennedy School panelists say U.S. policymakers should use the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks as an opportunity to shift from a military-driven “global war on terror” to a policy built more on diplomacy, outreach, and persuasion.

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    The spirit of service

    Hundreds of new students descended on the Harvard Kennedy School campus for their first day of classes Aug. 31. That night, a group of illustrious alumni harnessed that energy in a candid dialogue on the challenges and rewards of a career in public service. The talk was a kickoff for the Kennedy School’s 75th anniversary.

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  • Campus & Community

    IOP announces fall fellows

    The Institute of Politics, located at the Harvard Kennedy School, announced the selection of an experienced group of individuals for resident and visiting fellowships this fall.

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    Q&A on Harvard in Allston

    The leaders of Harvard’s Allston Work Team discuss their recommendations on how the University might proceed in planning for its properties in the neighborhood.

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    David Axelrod joins IOP Board

    The Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School has added another prominent political practitioner to its Senior Advisory Committee: David Axelrod.

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    Heating the kettle

    During an appearance at the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School, tea party leaders said they hope to see their movement propel election of their eventual presidential candidate in 2012.

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    Summers takes the long view

    Former Harvard President Lawrence Summers touches on the economy, his time in the White House, and the future of the American job market during a talk at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.

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    For Libya, ‘no compromise’ in sight

    Libyans want freedom, but the road to democracy is paved with unanswered questions. With the country torn by internal warfare, former Libyan diplomat Ali Suleiman Aujali and other experts gathered at the Harvard Kennedy School to look for answers.

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    Bill Richardson named IOP spring visiting fellow

    Former governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson has been named a spring visiting fellow at the Institute of Politics.

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    Avoiding a ‘fiscal train wreck’

    During remarks Thursday (Feb. 24) at the Harvard Kennedy School, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor portrayed the United States as a “fiscal train wreck” and sketched the stark choices that Republicans consider necessary to fuel the nation’s economic engine.

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    Ernest R. May

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on February 1, 2011, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Ernest R. May, Charles Warren Professor of American History, was placed upon the records. An expert in the field of U.S. foreign relations, Professor May held many leadership roles within the…

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