​Call us naïve, but we millennials always want change. Change for the future, change for the better, change for hope. President Obama’s campaign for “Change” is what attracted us in the 2008 and 2012 elections. Now, as the 2016 elections approach, we are ...

Republican candidate for president Dr. Ben Carson is closing in on current front-runner Donald Trump according to a  new national poll  from CBS/New York Times. That's no surprise to millennials, who favored Dr. Carson back in April in our spring pol ...

After hearing about the White House Internship Program, two things really stand out to me. First is the breadth of opportunities for interns. The White House allows students to work in anything from social media to Native American Affairs. No matter what ...

#IOPSummer15: During the summer of 2015, the Institute is proud to sponsor and work with over 250 students who are spending their summers in politics and public service around the world. Follow our interns on our blog and on social using #IOPSummer15. Dir ...

​The Internships and Career Services team at the Institute of Politics hosted Tom Manatos and Dana Edwards Manatos for a Career Roundtable about jobs in Washington, DC. Tom is the Director of Government Affairs at the Internet Association and was previous ...

For many students, working in federal government represents the ultimate dream: the opportunity to solve crises, effect policy change and make a macro level impact on the country and the world. But how can students go about obtaining their dream job in th ...

Authored by 2015 Spring IOP Fellow Martha Coakley. Just as I was planning my study group this Spring to encourage students to think about ways to make change, a young woman walks into my office.  She is on a mission, because she believes that the Massachu ...

Millennial Must-Reads are student-contributed posts by members of the "Millennial" generation- America's 18-29 year-olds- on current events and politics and public service. Viewpoints expressed are exclusively attributed to undergraduate au ...

Summer of Service:  During the summer of 2013 the IOP is proud to sponsor and work with over 250 students who are spending their summers in politics and public service around the world. Learn more about this program. Caleb Zimmick '15 is a 2013 summe ...

#IOPSummer15: During the summer of 2015, the Institute is proud to sponsor and work with over 250 students who are spending their summers in politics and public service around the world. Follow our interns on our blog and on social using #IOPSummer15. ​ D ...