Opportunities and experiences working with HKS faculty
By Nancy Lu MC/MPA 2023My name is Nancy Lu, and I’m a Chinese New Zealander, mother of two very young children and a wife, Chartered Accountant, and a public servant New Zealand.I applied to the Harvard Kennedy School after an unsuccessful campaign to ......
Get to Know HKS: Student Q&A with Ana Ortez-Rivera MPP
Ana Ortez-Rivera is an MPP student originally from Maryland. After attending the University of Maryland, College Park, she served as a Career and Life Skills Advisor at a charter school, helping adult learners explore college and career options. Her ar......
Starting a Student Group at HKS
By Tara Burchmore MPP 2023In my time at Harvard Kennedy School, I’ve learned to manage crises and to code in R. I’ve studied game theory and learned about the history of American religious influences on politics. I’ve traveled to the United Arab Emirat......
Where Do HKS Grads Go? Read the Class of 2022 Employment Snapshot
Each spring, the Office of Career Advancement publishes an employment report highlighting the employment outcomes of the previous year’s graduating class. It’s always exciting to see the amazing things HKS graduates go on to do once they leave campus—a......
Being a Course Assistant at HKS
By Armughan Syed MPA 2024As you’re thinking about the many opportunities that await you as part of your HKS experience, I want to take this opportunity to tell you about being a course assistant. Before I do that, let me introduce myself. I’m a Pakista......
Get to Know HKS: Student Q&A with Kevin Thaddeus Brown, Jr.
Kevin Thaddeus Brown, Jr. is a second-year MPP student from San Francisco, California. Prior to attending HKS, he spent several years working in education program management and social and education policy research. He’s interested in making state and ......
Student Conferences at HKS: Social Enterprise Conference
Photo credit: Chokarella (www.chokarella.com) Each spring, Harvard students organize a series of student-led conferences. These conferences focus on issues that are timely, relatable, and of substance. And they’re also opportunities for our students t......
Get to Know HKS: Student Q&A with Jennifer Beltran
Jennifer Beltran is a first-year MPP student from Southern California. Her main area of interest is anti-poverty policy.What is your favorite thing about your experience at HKS?My favorite thing about HKS so far has been the fact that there is always s......
Admission and financial aid decisions have been released
After months of application review and committee deliberations, we have released admission and financial aid decisions for our master’s degree programs.If you applied for admission this cycle, you should have received an email with the subject line “Ha......
Student Conferences at HKS: India Conference
Each spring, Harvard Kennedy School students organize a series of student-led conferences focusing on issues that are timely, relatable, and of substance. And they’re also opportunities for our students to listen to, learn from, and speak with thought ......
Policy Topics: Opposing Racism and Discrimination through Public Policy and Leadership
If you’ve spent any time browsing the HKS website, you may have stumbled across the Policy Topics section of the site, and within it, a spotlight on Opposing Racism and Discrimination. There you’ll find recent scholarship from our faculty members and o......
More than 150 years after the birth of William Monroe Trotter, his legacy comes alive at Harvard
Black social justice pioneer William Monroe Trotter continues to energize a new generation of Harvard students to take up the mantle of his lifelong struggle for racial justice. His legacy lives on through the work of the William Monroe Trotter Collabo......