Douglas W. Elmendorf
Douglas W. Elmendorf

Archive: 2023

The Past Week
October 13, 2023 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To Students, Faculty, Staff, and Fellows, I have spoken over the past few days with many members of the Harvard Kennedy School community. I have heard your perspectives and your very real…

Israel and Gaza
October 10, 2023 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To the HKS Community, I hope you have seen today’s message from President Gay, which is included below. President Gay emphasizes the University leadership’s denunciation of the atrocities…

The Next Chapter
September 7, 2023 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To the Harvard Kennedy School Community, Being Dean of Harvard Kennedy School has been even more enlightening, challenging, and rewarding than I imagined when I accepted the position in June…

A serious case for dynamic scoring
August 28, 2023 Written with Heidi L. Williams and published on Matthew Yglesias’s Substack ‘Slow Boring’ Everyone from Mitt Romney to Barack Obama to Hilary Clinton to Marco Rubio to Donald Trump has voiced support for the idea…

Welcome to Harvard Kennedy School’s new students
August 21, 2023 Hello, everyone, and welcome. I am Doug Elmendorf, the dean of Harvard Kennedy School. It is wonderful to have you all here.  I know this is a time of transition for you. Some of you have moved around the world to be here,…

Welcome to the new academic year
August 20, 2023 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To the Harvard Kennedy School Community, I hope everyone had a good summer, with plenty of time for family and friends. Welcome to all our new students, faculty, staff, and fellows, and…

The passing of HKS Professor Emeritus Lewis Branscomb
July 6, 2023 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf To the HKS Community, The New York Times reported last weekend that Lewis Branscomb has passed away. Lew, an important force behind the Kennedy School’s work on science and technology,…

Today’s Rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court
June 29, 2023 A message from Dean Douglas Elmendorf Dear members of the HKS community, In the wake of the rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court in the cases challenging certain college admissions practices, I urge you to read the joint statement by…