Gwen Ifill’s alma mater, Simmons College in Boston, is creating the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts and Humanities as tribute to their distinguished alumna and PBS journalist. She was a dear friend and our much respected Senior Advisory Board member. An ...

Jennifer Hochschild is the Henry LaBarre Jayne Professor of Government at Harvard University, Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard College Professor, and the Chair of the Department of Government. She holds lectureships in the Harvar ...

Nick Sinai is an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Nick was the inaugural recipient of the Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellowship at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics an ...

*position begins Fall 2017  The Institute of Politics has collaborated with The Defending Digital Democracy project at the Belfer Center. Directed by Eric Rosenbach and featuring the former campaign managers for Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney along with ...

Mayor Peter Buttigieg, South Bend, IN Mayor Sly James, Kansas City, MO Mayor Sharon Weston Broome, Baton Rouge, LA Jorrit de Jong (Moderator) Faculty Director of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative The JFK Jr. Forum aims to educate, inspire d ...

The Institute of Politics biennial Seminar on Transition for Newly Elected Mayors brings together mayors-elect from more than 20 cities with populations greater than 75,000. Developed in collaboration with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, attendees have the ...

Former Director’s Intern and Gov. 2.0 winner Rohan Pavuluri cofounded Upsolve to give low income American the means to get a fresh start through bankruptcy without having to hire a lawyer. Together with lawyer Jonathan Petts and programmer Kevin Moore, he ...

IOP hosts seminar for newly-elected mayors Program offers dynamic workshops led by experts in public policy, media, the private sector and municipal governments Cambridge, MA– Newly elected mayors of major cities from across the country have come together ...

IOP Fall 2015 Fellow Brent Colburn will be Princeton University’s new vice president for communications and public affairs. He leaves a post as vice president for communications at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Previous positions have included assistant ...

Kerry Kennedy offered some inspiring words from her father's presidential campaign announcement speech. She was reading from 'Hardball' host Chris Matthews' book, “Bobby Kennedy: a Raging Spirit” during a discussion moderated by Mike B ...