An Uncivil Action
by Nik Steinberg, Editor-in-Chief on April 30, 2008 in HKS News, News
On July 7, 2007, Harvard campus security guard Rajiv Ghimiray was working the night shift when he started to feel dizziness and a tingling feeling throughout his body. Ghimiray, who suffers from high blood pressure, sat down to rest on a sofa in a dorm lounge, where his supervisor found him minutes later. He was given an official warning for taking an unauthorized break.
Work ‘Til You Drop
by Nik Steinberg, Editor-in-Chief on April 30, 2008 in Features, Snapshot
An exhausted student catches some shut-eye in her books. Credit: Nik Steinberg
Prof. Power Resigns as Obama Advisor
by Nik Steinberg, Editor-in-Chief on March 7, 2008 in HKS News, News
Samantha Power, the Anna Lindh Professor of Practice of Global Leadership and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, has resigned from her post as informal advisor to the Obama campaign following critical remarks she made about Sen. Clinton in a recent interview.
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Liberian President to Deliver 2008 Kennedy School Commencement Address
by Nik Steinberg, Editor-in-Chief on February 12, 2008 in HKS News
Ellen Johnshon Sirleaf
Samantha Power: An Unlikely Education
by Nik Steinberg, Editor-in-Chief on February 12, 2008 in Features
When Prof. Samantha Power stumps for Barack Obama, as she has done to rapt audiences in college auditoriums, town halls and public parks across the country, she often tells the story about how she first met the senator.
Darfur Divestment Faces Uphill Battle
by Nik Steinberg, Editor-in-Chief on October 31, 2007 in News
This week, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick is expected to sign into law a bill that would divest the state’s $50 billion in pension funds from two dozen companies doing business in Sudan, in response to the ongoing genocide in Darfur. But as the Commonwealth joins a growing number of states, cities and universities adopting targeted divestment plans, students at Harvard have had little success in persuading the University to embrace a similar strategy.
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KSG’s Burke Resigns From Smithsonian
by Nik Steinberg, Editor-in-Chief on September 19, 2007 in News
Sheila Burke, an adjunct lecturer at KSG, will step down at the end of September as Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the Smithsonian Institution, nearly three months after submitting her resignation amidst accusations of conflict of interest and chronic absences.
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