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Public Leadership Credential
Public Leadership Credential
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Spotlight on Ukraine
“I heard hope”: Harvard reacts to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s HKS Forum address
Students and audience members with ties to Ukraine reacted to Zelenskyy’s address.
Earnest defenders in the darkest hour
Students and researchers from Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard, and MIT stood vigil in Harvard Square to remember 447 Ukrainians recovered from a mass gravesite outside Izyum, Ukraine, earlier this month.
‘Be unstoppable, be true to yourself, but be just’
Zelensky talks Russia strategy, nuclear threat, Ukrainian unity, and leadership lessons during Kennedy School talk
