Events Calendar

Live Broadcast of the Republican National Convention

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Thursday, September 4, 2008
• Time:
  8:00 PM

HKS to attend APSIA reception in Guayaquil

Harvard Kennedy School will attend an APSIA reception in Guayaquil, Ecuador at the Hotel Oro Verde, located on Av. 9 de Octubre...

• Location:
  Guayaquil, Ecuador
• Date:
  Friday, September 5, 2008
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Ash Institute Open House

The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation invites you to meet our faculty and staff and to learn about Ash Institute...

• Location:
  Taubman 301
• Date:
  Monday, September 8, 2008
• Time:
  11:30 AM

HKS to attend APSIA Quito graduate school fair

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the APSIA graduate school fair in Quito, Ecuador. The fair is free and open to the...

• Location:
  Quito, Ecuador
• Date:
  Monday, September 8, 2008
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Women and Public Policy Program Open House

Tuesday, September 9 | 12-1 pm and 1-2pm Allison...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room, Taubman building 5th floor
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 9, 2008
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Program in Criminal Justice Open House

The Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management invites you to meet our faculty and staff and to learn about criminal justice...

• Location:
  Kennedy School, Nye-A, Fifth Floor, Taubman Building
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 9, 2008
• Time:
  3:30 PM

Leadership for a Networked World Open House

As a member of the Harvard Kennedy School community, you work to solve society's biggest problems.  This makes innovation key, and especially the...

• Location:
  Nye B, 5th Floor, Taubman Building
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 9, 2008
• Time:
  3:30 PM

Center for International Development Open House

Join us to learn about our research and student program offerings at the Center for International Development throughout the year.  Drinks and...

• Location:
  Perkins Room, 4th Fl, Rubenstein
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 9, 2008
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Economic and Trade Relations Across the Taiwan Strait - Zooming in President Ma's Agenda

Economic and Trade Relations Across the Taiwan Strait ...

• Location:
  Taubman Nye A/B Conference Room
• Date:
  Wednesday, September 10, 2008
• Time:
  12:30 PM

Welcome Reception hosted by the Women and Public Policy Program

Wednesday, September 10 | 4:00 to 6:00 pm Women and Public Policy Program Offices | Taubman building...

• Location:
  WAPPP offices, Taubman 1st floor past the elevators
• Date:
  Wednesday, September 10, 2008
• Time:
  4:00 PM

HKS to attend Idealist graduate school fair in New York, NY

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the Idealist graduate school fair on September 10. A representative from the admissions office will answer questions about...

• Location:
  New York, NY
• Date:
  Wednesday, September 10, 2008
• Time:
  5:00 PM

HKS to attend APSIA Bogota graduate school fair

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the APSIA graduate school fair in Bogota, Colombia. The fair is free and open to the...

• Location:
  Bogota, Colombia
• Date:
  Wednesday, September 10, 2008
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Celebrating Public Service -- Careers of Inspiration, Challenge & Fulfillment

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2008   6:00 PM ? Celebrating Public Service --   Careers of Inspiration,...

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Wednesday, September 10, 2008
• Time:
  6:00 PM

HKS to attend APSIA Lima graduate school fair

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the APSIA graduate school fair in Lima, Peru. The fair is free and open to the...

• Location:
  Lima, Peru
• Date:
  Friday, September 12, 2008
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Kokkalis Program Open House

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 160
• Date:
  Friday, September 12, 2008
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Kokkalis Program Open House

• Location:
  124 Mt. Auburn St., Suite 160
• Date:
  Friday, September 12, 2008
• Time:
  4:00 PM

The Mounting Crisis in Climate Policy and What to Do About It

Energy Policy Research Seminar   Date: Monday Sept. 15   ...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, Littauer 324, HKS
• Date:
  Monday, September 15, 2008
• Time:
  9:30 AM

Mobile Phones in Africa: Education, Entrepreneurship, and Research

Today's mobile phones are designed to meet Western needs. Subscribers in developing countries, however, now represent the majority of the 3 billion...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room (Littauer 324)
• Date:
  Monday, September 15, 2008
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs Open House

Mission: Leadership in advancing policy-relevant knowledge about the most important challenges of international security and other critical issues where science, technology, environmental...

• Location:
  Malkin Penthouse, 4th Floor Littauer Building
• Date:
  Monday, September 15, 2008
• Time:
  3:00 PM

HKS to attend Idealist graduate school fair in Boston, MA

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the Idealist graduate school fair on September 15. A representative from the admissions office will answer questions...

• Location:
  Boston, MA
• Date:
  Monday, September 15, 2008
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Managing the Atom Project: Its Rationale, History, and Future

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• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 16, 2008
• Time:
  9:30 AM

The Homestretch: The Candidates and the Media

Mark Halperin is editor at large and senior political analyst for Time magazine. He is also a political...

• Location:
  Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 16, 2008
• Time:
  1:00 PM

60th Anniversary of the UDHR: Speaker Series

The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) with a...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room, Rubenstein 219
• Date:
  Wednesday, September 17, 2008
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Trends to Address and Eliminate Human Trafficking

Discussion: 11:30-12:30; Fainsod (L 324) Student Meet and Greet: 11:00-11:30; Carr Center Conference Room (R 219) ** Harvard Students only;...

• Location:
  Fainsod (L 324)
• Date:
  Thursday, September 18, 2008
• Time:
  11:30 AM

Do Gender Quotas Empower Women? Electoral Reform and Women's Political Representation

Political parties and national legislatures in more than 100 countries have established quotas for the selection of female candidates to...

• Location:
  Taubman 401
• Date:
  Thursday, September 18, 2008
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Harvard University Native American Program Open House

Come meet new people and learn more about HUNAP's various programs and initiatives. Refreshments will be served. For more...

• Location:
  14 Story Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge
• Date:
  Thursday, September 18, 2008
• Time:
  3:00 PM

Governance vs. Laissez-Faire in Rebuilding New Orleans

Join us for a brown-bag lunch with Jed Horne, author of "Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of...

• Location:
  Fainsod Room, Littauer 324
• Date:
  Friday, September 19, 2008
• Time:
  12:00 PM

HKS to attend Idealist graduate school fair in Washington, DC

Harvard Kennedy School will attend the Idealist graduate school fair on September 19. A representative from the admissions office will answer questions about...

• Location:
  Washington, DC
• Date:
  Friday, September 19, 2008
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Sustainability Science at Harvard: A Celebration

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 4th Fl. Belfer Building, KSG
• Date:
  Sunday, September 21, 2008
• Time:
  8:30 AM

The End of African Republics: Lessons From Kenya

• Location:
  Bell Hall
• Date:
  Monday, September 22, 2008
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Britain's War on Poverty

• Location:
  CGIS S-020 (Center for Government & Intl Studies, South Bldg., lower level)
• Date:
  Monday, September 22, 2008
• Time:
  12:00 PM

HKS to attend George Washington University graduate and professional school fair

HKS will attend the George Washington University graduate school fair in Washington, DC. Please visit www.gwu.edu/gradfair for more information....

• Location:
  Washington, DC
• Date:
  Monday, September 22, 2008
• Time:
  3:00 PM

House Prices and the Current Financial Crisis: How Will the Market Clear?

What can we learn about housing and the economy from previous downturns in real estate markets? In recent work, Karl...

• Location:
  Bell Hall, 5th floor Belfer Building
• Date:
  Monday, September 22, 2008
• Time:
  5:30 PM

The U.S. Relationship With Cuba

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Monday, September 22, 2008
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Technological Learning, Spillovers, and Returns to Scale for Carbon Capture and Storage

• Location:
  Belfer Center Library, Littauer 369
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 23, 2008
• Time:
  9:30 AM

The Unprecedented Political Developments of Campaign '08

Alex Castellanos is a fellow at the Institute of Politics and a political media consultant for National...

• Location:
  Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 23, 2008
• Time:
  12:00 PM

Economic Growth and Development Workshop -Harvard/MIT-Tuesday, September 23rd

Presenter: Professor. Roger B. Myerson (GlenA. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in Economics and the College, at the University of Chicago) ...

• Location:
  Harvard Hall, Room 104
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 23, 2008
• Time:
  2:45 PM

Information and Incentives Inside the Firm: Evidence From Loan Officer Rotation

Title:"Information and Incentives Inside the Firm: Evidence From Loan Officer Rotation" Presenter : Professor....

• Location:
  Harvard Hall, Room 104
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 23, 2008
• Time:
  2:45 PM

Leadership and Change: Controlling Corruption, Ronald MacLean Abaroa, former Mayor of La Paz, Bolivia

Ronald MacLean-Abaroa (MPA’80) is currently Senior Operations Officer in the Urban and Local Government Division of the World Bank Institute. In 1985,...

• Location:
  Center for Public Leadership conference room, Taubman first floor
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 23, 2008
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Challenges for Democracy in Latin America

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• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 23, 2008
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Coffee Talk with Dan Glickman

Coffee Talk with Dan Glickman Chairman and CEO, Motion Picture Association of America; Director, Institute of Politics (2002-2004) ...

• Location:
  Littauer 166
• Date:
  Wednesday, September 24, 2008
• Time:
  10:00 AM

60th Anniversary of UDHR Speaker Series: Article 2 - Andrea Rossi

The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) with a...

• Location:
  Carr Center Conference Room, Rubenstein 219
• Date:
  Wednesday, September 24, 2008
• Time:
  12:00 PM

HKS GOP Recruiting Reception

The annual HKS GOP recruiting reception will be held at the Capitol Hill Club, located at 300 First Street, SE. All prospectives...

• Location:
  Washington, DC
• Date:
  Wednesday, September 24, 2008
• Time:
  6:00 PM

Roadblocks for Women's Healthcare: New U.S. Policy May Impede Access

Angus McQuilken, Vice President of Public Affairs, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts. ...

• Location:
  Taubman 401
• Date:
  Thursday, September 25, 2008
• Time:
  11:40 AM

Deciding Not to Kill: Local-level Processes of Ethnic Cleansing in WWII Bosnia

• Location:
  Nye B, 5th Floor, Taubman Building
• Date:
  Thursday, September 25, 2008
• Time:
  12:15 PM

The Price of Love: Marriage Markets and Intergenerational Transfers in Comparative Perspective

• Location:
  Littauer Center M16 (north yard)
• Date:
  Thursday, September 25, 2008
• Time:
  12:30 PM

HKS reception in Washington, DC

Harvard Kennedy School will host a reception during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. The reception will take place at the Grand Hyatt...

• Location:
  Washington, DC
• Date:
  Thursday, September 25, 2008
• Time:
  5:00 PM

The First 2008 Presidential Debate

• Location:
  John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
• Date:
  Friday, September 26, 2008
• Time:
  9:00 PM

HKS Open House

The open house is open to prospectives who wish to learn more about degree programs offered at HKS. The schedule...

• Location:
  Cambridge, MA
• Date:
  Monday, September 29, 2008
• Time:
  9:00 AM

Harvard Kennedy School Open House

The Office of Enrollment Services is hosting an Open House for prospective students on Monday, September 29. There will be appoximately 125...

• Location:
  Cambridge, MA
• Date:
  Monday, September 29, 2008
• Time:
  9:00 AM

Ash Institute Student Summer Research Lunch Seminar

Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation Student Summer Research...

• Location:
  Allison Dining Room
• Date:
  Monday, September 29, 2008
• Time:
  12:30 PM

State of the Nation's Housing 2008

September 29th, 2008, at 1 pm Brown Bag Lunch - State of the Nation's Housing...

• Location:
  48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA Gund Hall, Room 112
• Date:
  Monday, September 29, 2008
• Time:
  1:00 PM

Energy Policy Seminar: Global Power from the Wind

Energy Policy Research Seminar   Date: Monday Sept. 29             Time: 4:00-5:30pm ...

• Location:
  HKS, Perkins Room, 4th Floor, Rubenstein Bldg.
• Date:
  Monday, September 29, 2008
• Time:
  4:00 PM

Keynote lecture by H.E. Sergei Stanishev, Prime Minister of Bulgaria

No ticket or RSVP required. Seating will be open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis....

• Location:
  Nye ABC, Taubman Building
• Date:
  Monday, September 29, 2008
• Time:
  4:30 PM

David and Goliath: How corporations and social entrepreneurs can partner together

How corporations and social entrepreneurs can partner together Pamela Hartigan's new book, entitled The Power...

• Location:
  Bell Hall
• Date:
  Monday, September 29, 2008
• Time:
  5:00 PM

Systems Modeling of Automotive Market Dynamics Created by Greenhouse Gas Policy Initiatives

• Location:
  Belfer Center library (L-369)
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 30, 2008
• Time:
  9:30 AM

Akamai: 'Clever and Cool' Innovations on the Internet

Paul Sagan is president and CEO of Akamai. Sagan was elected to the Akamai Board of Directors...

• Location:
  Kalb Seminar Room, Taubman 275
• Date:
  Tuesday, September 30, 2008
• Time:
  12:00 PM