News & Commentary

From Kenya to Cambridge: Gleitsman Fellow Wanjũhĩ Njoroge Reflects on Finding Community at Harvard Through CPL

By Wanjũhĩ Njoroge (MC/MPA 2026)

Finding Community, Balance, and Purpose at CPL: Reflections from Rubenstein Fellow Nik Karaffa

By Nik Karaffa (MPP/MBA 2028)

Equity Fellow Ka’Nedria Boldin Reflects on a Year with CPL

By Ka’Nedria Boldin (MPP 2026)

More Than a Fellowship: ELI Fellow Ahmed Fadl Reflects on a Year with CPL

By Ahmed Fadl (MC/MPA 2026)

Communicating with Intention: CPL Fellow Reflects on an Emirates Leadership Initiative Session

By Fatha Yussuf

Sports Icon and Activist Billie Jean King to receive Gleitsman Citizen Activist Award from Harvard's Center for Public Leadership

CPL Fellows Field Experience: Reflections on AI at the crossroads of policy, politics, and people

By Dhuha Fadhel, Trent Buatte, and Wanjuhi Njoroge

Meet CPL's Spring 2026 Hauser Leaders

When Memory Becomes Resistance: CPL Fellow Reflects on a Session with a Uyghur Human Rights Activist

By Wanjũhĩ Njoroge

From Improv to Insight: CPL fellows reflect on “Building Connection and Working Well with Others” Workshop

By Hyae Won Redden

Discovering deeper purpose: CPL fellows reflect on the You Are a Brand workshop

By Nour Ahmed and Eman Muamar

David Gergen Summer Fellowship reflections: Maryland Department of the Environment

By Daniela Schulman

David Gergen Summer Fellowship reflections: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

By Lukasz Kolodziej

David Gergen Summer Fellowship reflections: UNFCCC Global Climate Action

By Willow Fortunoff

David Gergen Summer Fellowship reflections: Massachusetts Department of Higher Education

By Rohit Kataria

David Gergen Summer Fellowship reflections: U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee

By Ruhee Wadhwania

Cutting through the noise

By Tom LoBianco

Welcoming the 2025–2026 CPL fellows

By Saida Abdalla

Gergen Fellows begin summer of service

By Tom LoBianco

Chef José Andrés to receive Gleitsman International Activist Award