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Announcing the Spring 2016 Resident Fellows
Today the IOP announced the selection of the 2016 IOP Spring Resident and Visiting Fellows. Over the course of an academic semester, Resident Fellows interact with students, develop and lead weekly...
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WIL: Creating Agents of Change
Women lack confidence. We hear that statement over and over without really understanding its full complexity. Lack of confidence can refer to an unheard opinion in a class discussion, a silenced debate...
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Policy Program Takes on Economic Inequality
The IOP’s Policy Program includes groups of undergraduates united over a common interest in a particular policy area. Groups meet regularly, research their area of interest, and produce a brief policy...
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3 Lessons on Politics and Race in the US
On Monday, February 1, Harvard Law School Professor Randall Kennedy joined the IOP’s Harvard Political Union and the Politics of Race and Ethnicity program for a discussion about racial justice and...
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The Definitive Voting Guide for Harvard Students
Want to be part of Election 2016's Super Tuesday by participating in the Massachusetts Presidential Primary on March 1st? There’s still time to register to vote! If you register before Wednesday,...
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5 Questions with Christopher Smart
What's at the intersection of money, power, and politics? International finance and there's no better expert to talk about that intersection than spring 2016 Fellow Christopher Smart. Smart served as...
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Getting to Know Anne Hawley, Spring 2016 Fellow
Anne Hawley joins the IOP as a resident Fellow after serving as director of one of Boston’s finest art institutions, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, since 1989. Previously, Anne served as...
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JFK's Vision 50 Years Later: 5 Questions with Max Finberg
Max Finberg is the director of AmeriCorps VISTA. On February 22, he takes the stage of the JFK Jr. Forum to reflect on 50 years of the organization and what public service means in America today. The...
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Why Public Service?
The Public Interested Conference invites Harvard students to explore postgraduate public service opportunities with the help of alumni each January. The conference is coordinated by the Phillips Brooks...
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5 Questions with Annise Parker
Spring 2016 Fellow Annise Parker served as mayor of Houston, the fourth largest city in the US, for six years. She is only the tenth woman and first gay mayor to lead a major American city. Parker came...
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IOP Open House - Spring 2016
Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) recently kicked off the Spring 2016 semester with its biannual Open House event. Eager undergraduates flooded the halls of the JFK Jr. Forum at the Harvard Kennedy...
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The Case for Investing in Others: Millennial Take
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” When President John F. Kennedy spoke these historic words during his 1961 inaugural address, he inspired growth of...
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Leadership Lessons: Senator for a Day
I was United States Senator for a day at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute Senate Simulation. I even had the name placard to prove it: “Senator Gabe Gladstein, Democrat from North Dakota.” Almost 100...
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Fellow Peter Westmacott on Britain and the EU
By Peter Westmacott, IOP Resident Fellow and former British Ambassador to the United States. Originally published in the Sunday Times of London here.Following the announcement of the referendum to...
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Student Vote 2016: BallotReady
I still remember the first time I voted - it was the 2008 primary and I was a political science major religiously following the presidential election. I entered the voting booth exceptionally confident...
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Job Hacks: Civil Rights Careers
“Do the things that drive you and you will find a way to make an impact.” – Anurima BhargavaHarvard undergrads recently sat down to talk about working in civil rights and racial justice with IOP Fellow...
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Divided We Fall: Millennial Take
Tamir Rice. Rekia Boyd. Tyisha Miller. Walter Scott. Eric Garner. Trayvon Martin. Laquan McDonald.As the list gets longer, the scars get deeper. People call it “police brutality.” The paradox of a...
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Harvard IOP Turns 50
Fifty years ago, the Harvard Institute of Politics was established as a living memorial to President Kennedy. This week, the IOP celebrates its first half century with a weekend-long event highlighting...
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