Addressing Challenges in Liberia

by Syon Bhanot, News Editor on September 17, 2008 in News

12 Students Put HKS Skills to Work

Just a few weeks after taking their last finals, Claire Applegarth (MPP2) and Tamara Heimur (MPA/MBA) found themselves in a Liberian government car, inching through the streets of Monrovia. Soccer fans filled the streets, making it almost impossible for their car to move. Read more

The Mathematics of Climate Change

by Syon Bhanot, News Editor on April 30, 2008 in HKS News

Having a PhD in physics isn’t typically regarded as an asset at school of public policy. But for Jason Blackstock (MPA/MC), it landed him right in the middle of this year’s Spring Exercise for first-year MPPs.

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The Kennedy High School of Government

by Syon Bhanot, News Editor on October 17, 2007 in Opinion

I am McLovin.
I am McLovin.

Fall is here, and the election season is upon us! The Kennedy School Student Government elections, that is, which engulfed the campus over the past few weeks. As an MPP1, I was initially indifferent to the elections – I was too busy picking classes, eating free cookies, and figuring out how to open my locker. But as the campaign dragged on, I became more and more astonished by the absurdity of the whole ordeal.

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