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Understanding Texas’ energy grid failure

Record cold temperatures plunged Texas into a power crisis last week, with millions in the state losing power. The failure demonstrates the vulnerability of power grids to shifting weather patterns ...
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How Admiral Bill McRaven faced Osama Bin Laden and his own commander in chief

Four-star Admiral Bill McRaven, former commander of the U.S. Special Operations and Navy SEAL, has led a high-profile career—including facing Somali pirates, Osama Bin Laden, and his own commander in ...
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When the heat is on, student learning suffers

CAMBRIDGE MA—Heat waves are taking their toll on schoolchildren, particularly those from low-income families and minority groups. That is one takeaway from a new research study examining the impact of ...
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How do hospital closures in the United States impact patient care?

With hospital closures in the United States accelerating in recent years, Associate Professor of Public Policy Soroush Saghafian, along with his former PhD student Lina Song, now an assistant ...
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For the Sake of Argument

Civil discourse isn’t just about polite conversation. It’s a vital ingredient to better public policy and public leadership. And vital to the Kennedy School’s focus on public engagement. With a number ...
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15 years after 9/11, how has national security changed?

THE TERRORIST ATTACKS on September 11, 2001, have had far-reaching impacts on American public policy, particularly in the arena of national security. Our country has since gone to war in Afghanistan, ...
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The Ethics of Invention: Technology and the Human Future

Sheila Jasanoff (Author, Harvard University) We live in a world increasingly governed by technology—but to what end? Technology rules us as much as laws do. It shapes the legal, social, and ethical ...
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Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH

Dr. Rochelle Walensky served as the 19th Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2021-2023), Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School (2012-2021), and Chief of the Division of ...
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Post a Job, Internship, or Fellowship

Your organization is looking for talented, mission-driven candidates. Meet JACK. Jobs and Careers for the Kennedy School (JACK), our comprehensive job bank and career management system, will list your ...
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GDP as a Measure of Economic Well-Being

The sense that recent technological advances have yielded considerable benefits for everyday life, as well as disappointment over measured productivity and output growth in recent years, have spurred ...
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Harvard PhD Program in Health Policy

The Harvard PhD in Health Policy, awarded by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, is a collaborative program among six Harvard University faculties: Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Business ...
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The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States

Originally published in 2000, The Right to Vote was widely hailed as a magisterial account of the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolution to the end of the twentieth century. In this ...