Archive: 2022

December 18, 2022 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf and Senior Associate Dean for Degree Programs and Student Affairs Debra Isaacson Dear Harvard Kennedy School Community, We are deeply saddened to share the news that Mateo Gomez,…

December 6, 2022 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To Harvard Kennedy School Faculty, Students, Staff, and Fellows, People from throughout the HKS community, across the United States, and around the world have offered their warm remembrances…

November 8, 2022 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To the HKS Community, This Friday, November 11, is Veterans Day, a national holiday that honors military veterans of the U.S. armed forces.Military service is an important and distinctive…

November 3, 2022 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To the HKS Community, Next Tuesday is Election Day in the United States, and I urge everyone who is eligible to vote to do so. Voting is the bedrock of democracy. A reminder of HKS’s…

October 25, 2022 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To Harvard Kennedy School’s Faculty, Students, Staff, and Fellows, It is with deep and profound sorrow that I write to inform you that our colleague, teacher, and friend Ash Carter passed…

October 20, 2022 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To HKS Students, Faculty, Staff, and Fellows, At Harvard Kennedy School, fostering a diverse and welcoming community where everyone can thrive is a matter of basic fairness consistent with…

October 13, 2022 Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Guests, and Fellow Participants,  It is a great pleasure for me and my wife to be here in this beautiful country with its warm and welcoming people—and a great honor to be here with all of you who…

October 11, 2022 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To the HKS Community, As some of you know, a group of protesters disrupted a class at Harvard Kennedy School last week. In the wake of that protest, three points deserve emphasis: First,…

September 20, 2022 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To the HKS Community: I want to echo President Bacow’s call for all eligible people to register and vote in the upcoming elections across the United States. If you are unsure of how to…

September 2, 2022 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf, Academic Dean Suzanne Cooper, and Academic Dean David Deming  To HKS Faculty and Staff, We are delighted to pass on this news about faculty chairs: Jeff Liebman will move…