Join us in the JFK Jr. Forum for a viewing party of the Third Democratic Primary Debate in Houston, TX. Doors will open at 7:30PM.

Join the Institute of Politics on Wednesday, September 11 in Wexner Commons for our biannual undergraduate Open House! 15+ Programs will have representatives present to answer questions and talk about their programming. Food and drinks will be provided.

Join us in the JFK Jr. Forum for a conversation with IOP's Fall 2019 Resident Fellows LaTosha Brown, Bob Cohn, Deesha Dyer, Sen. Jeff Flake, H.E. Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado, and Alice Stewart, moderated by Mark D. Gearan.

Join the premiere Pizza and Politics of Fall 2019 with Sarah Hurwitz A.B. ’99 and J.D. ’04, Author, Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life--in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There). Sarah was an IOP Resident Fellow, Spring 2017, the Head Speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama (2010-17), and served as Senior Speechwriter for President Barack Obama (2009-10).

Kosher Pizza will be served.  

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A conversation with former NBA player Clark Kellogg, former Congressman and NBA player Tom McMillen, activist and former IOP Fellow Brittany Packnett moderated by Harvard Law School's Peter Carfagna exploring the transforming landscape of sports.

Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX) and Professor Juliette Kayyem '91 discuss modern day threats to national security and consider strategies to combat challenges at home and abroad.

Twenty-five years ago, the African nation of Rwanda was ripped apart by a genocide that left nearly a million dead. The untold story is that when the bloodshed ended, women not only buried the dead and cared for orphaned children, they drove a recovery that laid a foundation for their current political and economic power. Join our conversation with the visionary pioneers who carved out unlikely new roles for themselves, creating stability and reconciliation in genocide’s wake. Moderated by Ambassador Swanee Hunt, Founder of the Women and Public Policy Program and Eleanor Roosevelt Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School.

The Honorable Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and former President of Ireland, discusses issues of justice arising from climate change with Professor John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy at HKS, and former Science Advisor to President Obama and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

The Hon. Bob Corker (R-TN), former U.S. Senator from Tennessee, discusses his public service and lessons in leadership with former Secretary of Defense and current Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Ash Carter.

As a New York City homicide prosecutor, a civil and criminal defense attorney in high profile cases and as a CNN Contributor, author and analyst, Callan brings an insider perspective regarding the criminal justice system in urban America to “Pizza & Politics”.

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A presentation on U.S. trade policy by Dr. Peter Navarro, Director of the White House Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, moderated by Dean Doug Elmendorf.