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Archive: 2022

COVID: Looking back and looking ahead

March 7, 2022 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To Harvard Kennedy School’s Students, Staff, and Faculty, As announced earlier today, the University is greatly scaling back the requirement to wear masks on campus. Effective…

Opportunities to learn more about Ukraine

February 28, 2022 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To the Kennedy School Community:  Like many of you, I have been following closely the horrifying situation in Ukraine.   As we have all seen in the stories and pictures…

The situation in Ukraine

February 25, 2022 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To the Kennedy School’s Students, Faculty, Staff, and Fellows, As you undoubtedly have seen, news reports show that Russia has launched a full-scale attack against Ukraine. To all members…

Welcome back for the spring semester at HKS

January 24, 2022 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf Hello everyone, I’m delighted to welcome the HKS community to a new semester of teaching, learning, and work. Poet Amanda Gorman recently offered us all a poem to, in her words, “celebrate…