Student-Led Conferences at HKS: Black Policy 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 ......
Advocating for Hearing Access: Janice Lintz MC/MPA 2023
Janice Lintz is a consultant and advocate across the hearing access, advocacy, and political spectrum. She serves as the CEO of Hearing Access & Innovations, which is dedicated to helping the world’s businesses, cultural and entertainment ins......
Check your inbox: Admission decisions have been released
Thousands of applications, and hours upon hours of application review and committee deliberations, have all come down to this moment. Today, we released admission decisions for our master’s degree programs. If you applied for admission to one of our ma......
3 Things You Should Know: WAPPPs’ 3-minute research insights
The Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP) is a research center at Harvard Kennedy School that focuses on closing gender gaps in economic opportunity, political participation, and education by creating knowledge, training leaders, and informing public......
Highlighting the HKS groups and initiatives centered on women’s issues
Researchers and professors, student organizations and publications, an annual student-led conference – there are many HKS faculty, staff, and students focused on women’s issues and gender equality. Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP)The Women and P......
The latest HKS Magazine
The Admissions and Financial Aid committees at Harvard Kennedy School are in the final stretch of reviewing applications. We expect to release decisions in late March, now just a few short weeks away.If you are seeking ways to stay informed about the m......
HKS reflects on Women’s History Month
During the month of March, Harvard Kennedy School observes Women’s History Month as an annual celebration of the contributions and achievements that women have made throughout history.Women have played integral roles in cultural, economic, and social l......
Perspectives on anti-racism in the HKS curriculum
Excerpt from the HBS MBA Voices BlogIn fall 2020, the Harvard Kennedy School incorporated a new module on Race and Racism in the Making of the United States as a Global Super power into the MPP core curriculum. The module was created in response to cal......
Reflecting on our namesake’s call to service this Presidents’ Day
While Presidents’ Day is a day for us to honor all who have served in that office, today we’d like to acknowledge the call to service issued by our namesake, President John F. Kennedy, in his 1961 inaugural address: “Ask not what your country can do ......
Student story: Paying a debt and recognizing Black genius in American greatness
It was during Black History Month, while supporting educational programs in America’s oldest prison, that Vincent Bish Ed.M 2021, MPA 2022 first understood how uniquely powerful a Harvard Kennedy School degree would be in his journey.“I remember standi......
The Inaugural Black History Month State of Leadership Lecture
As the first Black governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick broke barriers while leading the commonwealth through a time of upheaval and renewal. Prospective students are invited to attend the HKS Black Alumni Association’s inaugural Black History Mont......
Policy topics: Opposing racism and discrimination through public policy and leadership
In order to create societies that are more safe, free, just, and sustainably prosperous, policymakers and public leaders around the world must better understand and work to dismantle systemic racism and discrimination based on ethnicity, caste, and ind......