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Best, Gabbard Honored with JFK New Frontier Awards
The Institute of Politics and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation awarded John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards to Charles Best, founder of DonorsChoose.org, and Democratic Representative from Hawaii Tulsi Gabbard at an awards ceremony Monday evening marked by numerous standing ovations and repeated references to President Kennedy’s call to service.
Business Leaders Discuss Social Impact of Economics
Former Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith spoke as part of a John. F Kennedy Jr. Forum on Thursday night on the “Social Impact Economy."
Three Tickets Face Off in UC Presidential Debate
With the voting period for the Undergraduate Council elections underway, the three pairs of candidates vying to become the Council’s next president and vice president faced off in a debate at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum on Monday night.
US Chief of Staff
General Raymond T. Odierno, US Army Chief of Staff, right, discusses his personal life, his military career, and his experiences in Iraq with Prof. David Gergen on Thursday night at the JFK Jr. Forum.
Panelists Discuss Business and Bipartisanship
Panelists discussing partisanship and gridlock at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on Wednesday evening emphasized the role businesses must play in encouraging bipartisan cooperation in Congress.
Alan Simpson Delivers Lecture on Politics and Partisanship at JFK Forum
While American politics today suffers from an emphasis on partisanship, eliminating the party system would probably not be effective, said Alan K. Simpson in a lecture at the IOP Tuesday night.
10 Questions with Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio R. Villaraigosa sits in an armchair at the Institute of Politics, his hair slicked back. The former Mayor of Los Angeles and 2012 Chairman of the Democratic National Convention, now a visiting fellow at Harvard's Institute of Politics, is ever the genial politician as he sits down with Fifteen Minutes.
Shirky Discusses Potential of Web-based Government Services
A month after the Obama administration launched a fault-ridden website for healthcare services, technology and politics expert Clay Shirky pointed out errors in the planning and implementation of HealthCare.gov.
Mobilizing the Harvard Student Vote
In the last decade, Harvard students have turned out for elections of national importance but have neglected those at the city level. In Tuesday's Cambridge City Council election, 'Get Out the Vote' efforts push for student voice.
CFTC Chair Calls for Staff Expansion
Gensler admitted that the CFTC was initially unprepared for the newly-imposed tasks in 2010, but he said that he has seen significant improvement even though the economy has not fully recovered.
IOP's JFK Jr. Forum Hosts Conversation on Campaign Ads
Audience members at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on Monday night watched a political advertisement in which a middle-aged man from Indiana recounted the loss of his job. Aided by sorrowful background music and black-and-white stills of a closed power plant, the man explained that 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s firm, Bain Capital, made $100 million off of his personal tragedy.
