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“Operating in D.C. is so much harder than it needs to be,” said Jane Lubchenco, a former administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who spoke at Harvard on Thursday. “It’s exhausting, it’s frustrating, and at times depressing. That said, it is possible to get things done.”

Speaking up for science

D.C. a challenge but policy influence is essential, says ex-NOAA administrator

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DateMay 17, 2013April 11, 2019

Companies have shifted their responsibility to shareholders above consumers and have spent more time appealing to Washington than to the public, said Benjamin W. Heineman (far right). The forum event, “Is America Working? What Business and Government Can Do,” brought together a group of experts in business and government, including Nina Easton (from left), Roger Porter, Lawrence Summers, Paula Dobriansky, and Heineman.

Making this economy work

Mossavar-Rahmani Center marks 30 years with talk on how public-private cooperation might craft solutions

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DateApril 10, 2013

In a talk at the JFK Jr. Forum, Jon Favreau (left), the former director of speechwriting at the White House, told Professor David Gergen that as a speechwriter “your only goals are to clearly explain simple policies in as little words as possible, and then spend as much time as you can … inspiring people."

Reading the president’s mind

Longtime Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau reflects on rhetoric at Harvard Kennedy School

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DateMarch 28, 2013April 30, 2019

In bringing human-rights issues to light, journalists must do a better job of connecting with experts at universities, whose wisdom on public policy often goes unheard in favor of pronouncements from think tanks, said Nicholas D. Kristof ’81 (right) recipient of the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism. The award was presented by Alex S. Jones (left), director of the Shorenstein Center.

Driving global issues home

Goldsmith Award winner Kristof details journalism’s challenges

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DateMarch 6, 2013May 1, 2019

Hyperpartisanship will impact Obama’s legacy, says Daily Beast’s Tomasky

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DateFebruary 28, 2013

State of the Union: students weigh in

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DateFebruary 14, 2013February 13, 2018

Hundreds of students from both sides of the political aisle gathered at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum for a watch party sponsored by the Institute of Politics (IOP). Popcorn, soda, and big-screen television aside, they were there for more than just political theater.

How the big speech fared

Students weigh in on Obama’s second-term plans

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DateFebruary 13, 2013May 31, 2019

In discussing the focus of his film, “A Whisper to a Roar,” director Ben Moses said that “democracy is never over,” and that it can often be harder to maintain a democracy than to establish one — a point stressed by the film’s lack of a happy ending.

‘A Whisper to a Roar’ sparks discussion

Film screening brings activist, director, scholar to HKS stage

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DateJanuary 30, 2013April 18, 2019

“Jobs are the outcome of a competitive economy," said Jan W. Rivkin (left), who, along with Michael E. Porter (center), is co-director of the HBS-led U.S. Competitiveness Project. “Our problem is not so much what we’ve done but what we haven’t done,” said Porter.

Getting down to business

For D.C. freshmen, a crash course in U.S. competitiveness

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DateDecember 14, 2012April 16, 2019

With a bitter national election fading in the rearview mirror, Harvard scholars — Theda Skocpol, Jonathan Walton, Lisa Randall, Trey Grayson, and Lauwrence Lessig — look ahead and strike an optimistic chord, suggesting the nation can meet the many serious challenges facing it.

Truth, values, in a reviving America

Faculty members find kernels of optimism in election results

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DateNovember 20, 2012March 21, 2019

Times columnist David Brooks reflects upon election 2012

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DateNovember 19, 2012April 11, 2019

Michael Lewis '93 (left) and Cary Gemmer, assistant director of Classes and Reunions for the Harvard Alumni Association, watched election results at Tommy Doyle's in Harvard Square. Tuesday night’s national elections sent a number of Harvard alumni and affiliates off to Washington.

Harvard goes to Washington

Alumni, faculty win seats in House, Senate

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DateNovember 7, 2012

Why we write a check or cast a ballot is often for the same reason that we buy Girl Scout cookies or Tupperware: pressure to conform with a group, Betsy Sinclair told her Harvard Law School audience.

Peer pressure in politics

It’s a force to be reckoned with in voting or campaign funding

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DateOctober 26, 2012May 3, 2019

In his new book, “Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter,” Gautam Mukunda attempts to determine what made leaders from Abraham Lincoln to Adolf Hitler — who, whatever their merits, changed the course of history — any different from someone else who might have held their jobs.

The making of a stellar president

Mukunda looks at past leaders, current candidates to gauge traits that aid success

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DateOctober 19, 2012

During the “Religion and the Election: Does it Matter?” panel, Parker Gilbert Montgomery Professor of the Practice of Religion and Public Life at Harvard Kennedy School J. Bryan Hehir said that politics and religion “certainly should be” connected in domestic policy, foreign policy, and health care.

Religion and politics, now

Scholars ponder the role that faith plays in 2012 election

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DateOctober 12, 2012May 21, 2019

A packed crowd gathered at the Harvard Kennedy School for a viewing of the first presidential debate and for a panel discussion, “From Prep to the Podium,” a behind-the-scenes look at the work that goes into training candidates for the debates.

A peek behind the podium

On big night, strategists weigh in at Kennedy School on debate prep

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DateOctober 4, 2012June 3, 2019

John Fund (from left), senior editor of The American Spectator, and Jennie Bowser, senior fellow, National Conference of State Legislatures, listen as Harvard Kennedy School Professor Alex Keyssar makes his point.

Block the vote

Experts debate wave of controversial voter ID laws at HKS

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DateSeptember 14, 2012June 19, 2019

Super PAC App, the brainchild of recent Harvard Kennedy School graduate Jennifer Hollett and her MIT classmate, gives voters information on the big-money donors behind this season’s campaign ads in real time. The app, which was developed over the past year, was launched last month. Catching the entrepreneurial bug “wasn’t my plan,” Hollett said. “It kind of just happened. But I couldn’t have asked for more at graduation. This has been a great partnership between Harvard and MIT.”

An app aimed at transparency

HKS grad puts super PAC details at voters’ fingertips

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DateSeptember 4, 2012June 21, 2019

Shorenstein Center welcomes new fellows

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DateAugust 28, 2012June 21, 2019

Tawakkol Karmen explains the success of the Arab Spring, and what's needed now to build and ensure democracy.

A Nobel cause in the Arab world

Yemeni activist calls on West to champion democracy’s spread

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DateJune 15, 2012June 18, 2019

"To be considered for this position was an honor; to be selected is both exciting and humbling. I will do my utmost to continue the church’s tradition of intellectually challenging and spiritually nourishing preaching, its outreach to students of all faiths, and its impact well beyond Harvard Yard," said Jonathan L. Walton, who was named the Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals today by President Drew Faust.

Walton named Memorial Church minister

Divinity School professor succeeds the late Rev. Gomes in historic pulpit

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DateApril 25, 2012June 19, 2019

“The thing that was new about our research is that we actually sat down and talked to Tea Party people,” said Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology Theda Skocpol (left), who, along with third-year Ph.D. candidate Vanessa Williamson, wrote "The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism." The pair attended local Tea Party meetings in New England, Virginia, and Arizona.

Portrait of the Tea Party

Book documents a rising movement of likable people with offbeat ideas

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DateMarch 22, 2012June 21, 2019

Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig discussed his new book, “Republic, Lost," at the Hyde Park Branch Library as part of the semester-long John Harvard Book Celebration.

A cleanup plan for D.C.

Harvard Law School's Lessig outlines ideas for fighting corruption

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DateMarch 21, 2012

The investigative team at ABC News’ “20/20” spent months building trust and developing relationships with former Peace Corps volunteers who had been assaulted or raped during their service. “We had this feeling, ‘This is big. This is bigger than these individuals,’ ” said reporter Anna Schecter (second from left). “I think that got them fired up” to participate in the story.

Investigative journalism, alive and well

Goldsmith Award finalists share tactics at Shorenstein Center

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DateMarch 13, 2012June 5, 2019

Political journalists Mark Halperin ’87 and John Heilemann, M.P.A. ’90, returned to Harvard to discuss “Game Change,” the new HBO adaptation of their best-selling book on the 2008 presidential election. “We thought we’d try to get as far behind the curtain as we can to tell a really deeply human story,” Heilemann told his Kennedy School audience.

Palin’s game-changing legacy

Sneak peek of HBO film brings ‘Game Change’ authors to Kennedy School

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DateMarch 2, 2012June 3, 2019

Samira Hamidi (from left), Mossarat Qadeem, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Orit Adato, Zaynab El Sawi, and Rebecca Joshua Okwaci drew from firsthand experience in a discussion of women's roles in peace efforts Jan. 11 at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.

Women as peacemakers

Activists share success stories at Harvard Kennedy School

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DateJanuary 13, 2012July 26, 2019

IOP announces spring fellows

Fellows interact with students, lead study groups, further intellectual life of University

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DateJanuary 13, 2012April 1, 2019

Political commentator Andrew Sullivan delivered the 2011 T.H. White Lecture on Press and Politics at the Kennedy School of Government.

Conservatism is in ‘crisis’

Commentator Andrew Sullivan voices concerns at White Lecture

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DateNovember 18, 2011March 21, 2019

Harvard Kennedy School students turn idealism into action

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DateNovember 16, 2011April 18, 2019

Harvard Kennedy School recently surveyed its graduates five years out of the School, asking alumni what they found most valuable about their education. The survey found that the tools alumni say they use most often in the real world were their communication skills. Today the School offers a workshop titled “On-Camera Interview Basics."

Lights, cameras, reaction

Kennedy School program helps students to thrive in public spotlight

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DateNovember 10, 2011April 17, 2019

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