Latest News and Annoucements
2026 Public Policy Summer Fellows Announced
The cohort represents a strong mix of schools and disciplines—including students from Harvard, MIT, BU, UMass Boston, Northeastern, and Tufts—and reflects a shared commitment to tackling the region’s most pressing challenges.
Mayor Wu, Professor Ed Glaeser Convene Boston’s Innovation Leaders
Leaders spanning technology, health care, finance, and academia joined faculty and practitioners—including Yvonne Hao, Scott Stern, and Phil Budden—to examine the opportunities and constraints shaping Boston’s next chapter.
Rappaport Institute Launches $2 Million Initiative to Tackle Greater Boston Policy Challenges
Led by faculty from across Harvard, projects will involve collaborations with issues.rivate and public leaders to design, test, and scale solutions to urgent local
Monthly Cash Benefits Improve Health Care
A groundbreaking new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association examining a cash benefit program administered in the city of Chelsea, Massachusetts, found that recipients had significantly improved health outcomes.
News Archive
Some Chelsea residents got $400 a month, no strings attached. Here’s what happened next, Boston Globe, December 2022
Chelsea Brings Back Program to Help Some Low-Income Families Pay Bills, NBC Boston, December 2022
Chelsea Eats: Studying an experimental solution to food insecurity in a hard-hit Massachusetts city, HKS Article, December 2022
For Housing Progress, Take a Page from the Baker-Polito Playbook, Banker and Tradesman Op-Ed, October 2023
2022 Rappaport Institute Urban Scholars, Article, June 2022
Harvard University’s Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston Announces 2022 Rappaport Urban Scholars, Press Release, June 2022
2022 Rappaport Institute Public Policy Fellows, Press Release, April 2022
New Research Released by Harvard’s Rappaport Institute Indicates District Attorney’s Policy to Stop Prosecuting Misdemeanors Did Not Increase Recidivism, Press Release, March 2022
Laying the foundation for the next generation of civic leaders, HKS article, January 2022
Key Takeaways from Change Can't Wait Event Series, November 2021
Harvard Kennedy School Working Paper Shows Hybrid College Model Can Help Close College Equity Gap, October 2021
Chelsea launched a guaranteed income experiment to give money directly to residents. Here’s how they spent it, Boston.com, May 2021
A better way to deal with Boston exam school admissions, Commonwealth Magazine, July 2021
Programa otorga ayuda económica a familias en Chelsea October 19, 2020
Chelsea is about to become the country’s biggest experiment in giving out no-strings-attached checks October 17, 2020
Graduate students get hands-on experience with state and local government September 9, 2020
How’s the Coronavirus Economy? Great or Awful, Depending on Whom You Ask September 2, 2020
Harvard Researchers Share Concerns About Food Insecurity In Mass. August 14, 2020
Northeastern Study Finds BPD Program Raises Homicide Clearance Rates, November 30, 2017
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