New Funds for Student Research Projects
The Malcolm Wiener Center and Center for International Development jointly announce a new funding opportunity for student research projects. The application deadline is March 31, 2021.
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Vox, February 24, 2021
Featured: Marcella Alsan
Solving racial disparities in policing
Harvard Gazette, February 23, 2021
Featuring: Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Sandra Susan Smith, & Christopher Winship
Balancing privacy with data sharing for the public good
New York Times, February 19, 2021
Featured: David Deming
U.S. hiring alliances help tens of thousands find jobs
Wall Street Journal, February 19, 2021
Featured: David Deming
In Netflix’s stirring “Amend”, stars anguish over the injustices that led to the 14th Amendment
Salon, February 18, 2021
Featured: Khalil Muhammad
On racial justice and reparations: A Q&A with prof. Khalil Gibran Muhammad
New Jersey.com, February 17, 2021
Featured: Khalil Muhammad
Getting Black voters to take the wheel
The Harvard Gazette, February 17, 2021
Featured: Khalil Muhammad
The battle for the ballot
WBUR, February 16, 2021
Featured Alex Keyssar
'White supremacy won today': Critics condemn Trump acquittal as racist vote
The Guardian, February 14, 2021
Featured: Khalil Muhammad
Activist and organizer LaTosha Brown discusses voter mobilization at Kennedy School event
Harvard Crimson, February 12, 2021
Featured: Khalil Muhammad
The filibuster that saved the Electoral College
The New York Times, February 8, 2021
Featured: Alex Keyssar
What is Black History Month, and why is it important?
ABC 7, February 1, 2021
Featured: Khalil Muhammad
The recession exposes the U.S.’ failures on worker retraining
WIRED, February 1, 2021
Featured: David Deming
And now, the way forward
The Harvard Gazette, January 20, 2021
Featured: Maya Sen, Sandra Susan Smith
The public health presidency
Axios, January 20, 2021
Featured: Robert Blendon
Where are we now after a second impeachment?
Harvard Gazette, January 13, 2021
Featured: Alex Keyssar
If China no longer wants to be the world’s factory, who will take its place?
Quartz, January 9, 2021
Featured: Gordon Hanson
Democrats have both Congress and the White House—but not a free hand
Harvard Gazette, January 8, 2021
Featured: Alex Keyssar
A leading historian of U.S. democracy issues an urgent warning
Washington Post, January 4, 2021
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Republican electors cast unofficial ballots, setting up Congressional clash
Wall Street Journal, December 28, 2020
Featured: Alex Keyssar
The outdated law that Republicans could use to upend the Electoral College vote next time
The New Yorker, December 18, 2020
Featured: Alex Keyssar
Workers at these companies say they’re still not safe from COVID-19
HuffPost, December 17, 2020
Featured: Daniel Schneider
Under attack from Trump, institutions bend but don’t break
Associated Press, December 15, 2020
Featured: Alex Keyssar
No one has lost quite like Donald Trump in nearly 150 years
CBC, December 15, 2020
Featured: Alex Keyssar
This team thinks they can fix the Electoral College by 2024
Slate, December 14, 2020
Featured: Alex Keyssar
Meet the Electoral College’s biggest haters: Some of the electors themselves
Seattle Times, December 12, 2020
Featured: Alex Keyssar
Biden reaches deadline that makes victory nearly irreversible
Bloomberg, December 8, 2020
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Trump's false fraud claims are laying groundwork for new voting restrictions, experts warn
NBC News, December 6, 2020
Featured: Alex Keyssar
Even the Founders hated the electoral college
Los Angeles Times, November 22, 2020
Featured: Alex Keyssar
Looking at what the election will mean to education policy
The Harvard Gazette, November 12, 2020
Featured: Desmond Ang
Why do the media call races in U.S. elections?
U.S. News and World Report, November 11, 2020
Featured: Alex Keyysar
The end of $600 stimulus checks has left unemployed Americans facing financial ruin
The Philadelphia Tribune, November 4, 2020
Featured: Daniel Schneider
HKS CLASS DAY AWARDS
Each year, the Malcolm Wiener Center awards prizes for excellence in student research that best exemplifies the work of three remarkable individuals: Manuel Carballo, Susan Eaton, and Frederick Fischer.
Manuel C. Carballo Memorial Prize
Stephanie Nussbaum (MPP 2020) for the Policy Analysis Exercise:
Keeping it FRESH: Evaluating the NYC Economic Development Corporation’s Food Retail Expansion to Support Health Program
Mr. Carballo was a faculty member from 1978 to 1982. This prize is awarded for exemplary articulation of ideas related to the implementation, management, and evaluation of programs to serve disadvantaged populations in the U.S.
Susan C. Eaton Memorial Prize
Lucy Moore (MPP 2020) for the Policy Analysis Exercise:
Supporting Family Childcare Providers to Increase the Supply of Childcare in Boston
A student, alumna, and faculty member at Harvard Kennedy School from 1993-2003, Ms. Eaton was a tireless advocate for the rights of workers. The prize in her name is awarded to an outstanding paper on a topic related to human resource management; union leadership; health care quality, management, disparities and inequality; fair wage policies; work-family policies; gender equity, and aging.
Frederick Fischer Memorial Prize
Jyoti Gupta (MPP 2020) and Ella Han (MPP 2020) for the Policy Analysis Exercise:
Partnerships Strategy for Khan Academy Kids
This prize honors the memory of Frederick Fischer, an alumnus of the MPP program and a committed public servant. Awarded for an outstanding paper on a topic such as criminal justice; economic and social mobility; workforce development; inequality; education; immigration; social services; and related social policy issues.