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Three speakers at the Black Policy Conference

April 11, 2025

Discussing how policy topics are all connected at the 2025 Black Policy Conference

David Cash speaking at the Climate Leadership Conference

April 08, 2025

Raising awareness of urgent issues at the Climate Leadership Conference

Peter Willenborg stands in front of two flags and the Illinois state seal

March 21, 2025

A summer in public service: Peter Willenborg MPP 2025’s Illinois Dukakis Fellowship experience

By Hensley Carrasco

The European Conference student team on stage in the JFK Jr. Forum

March 19, 2025

Leader or dreamer? Europe’s role in a fragmented world order

By Julie Galante

A couple walks past a damaged building in the Azov Sea port city of Mariupol, southeastern Ukraine on April 8, 2023.

March 17, 2025

The student-led Ukraine Caucus marks the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

By Valerie Davis

Mariana Canet, Brett Rosenberg, Jorge Schiavon, Claudia Ruiz Maisseu, and Setti Warren

March 10, 2025

Striving to work together—even in disagreement—at the 2025 Mexico Conference

A speaker at the 2024 Asia Pacific Symposium takes a question from the audience.

March 05, 2025

Sarah Davis MPA 2025 founded the Asia Pacific Conference to fill a critical gap in regional discourse

Paula Borilla with two speakers at Latin America Conference

March 03, 2025

Discussing the potential of Latin American cities at the 2025 Latin America Conference

Students gather near poster board displaying influential Black figures

February 26, 2025

Honoring influential figures during Black History Month

Manish Maheshwari MC/MPA Mason Fellow 2025 standing in front of a bright red wall with the HKS shield and its motto, Ask What You Can Do

January 27, 2025

Ask how you can do human good: artificial intelligence and the future at HKS

By Manish Maheshwari MC/MPA Mason Fellow 2025

Five students seated around a table during lobbying simulation

January 24, 2025

Lessons in lobbying

By Carol Kerbaugh

Climate change conference COP29 flags outside building in Baku, Azerbaijan.

December 18, 2024

Addressing issues of climate change at COP29 in Azerbaijan

Two students walking in the HKS Courtyard.

December 18, 2024

Students who benefit from HKS Littauer Society members’ support

Stickers at the International Day of Persons with Disabilities tabling event.

December 16, 2024

Raising awareness for International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Two students speaking to each other with a "Student-to-student internship networking" sign in the foreground.

December 02, 2024

The power of shared knowledge, collective experiences, and the “Ask What You Can Do” spirit

By Sarah DeLuca

Andreas Schwarz, co-chair of the German American Conference, standing at the podium

November 25, 2024

Coming together for ‘Hard Conversations’ in a time of uncertainty

By Valerie Davis

Dani Bianco in a Harvard sweatshirt

November 15, 2024

Seizing the opportunity to gain political campaign experience

By Carol Kerbaugh

Jasmin Burgermeister

November 08, 2024

Learning to look at the long term

By Carol Kerbaugh

HKS students in military uniform

November 06, 2024

Honoring those who serve and have served

Student at the Diwali Quorum Call

November 04, 2024

Celebrating Diwali at HKS

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