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Fragments Were What I Had Available to Me: Talking to Danielle Allen

Fragments Were What I Had Available to Me: Talking to Danielle Allen

January 26, 2018
Los Angeles Review of Books |Interivew with Danielle Allen, James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard. How to address in catalyzing prose the policy ramifications of your family’s most intimate personal struggles? How (and why) to construct a poetics of prison reform? When I want to ask such questions, I pose them to Danielle Allen. This conversation, transcribed by Phoebe Kaufman, focuses on Allen’s Cuz, a kaleidoscopic account of her cousin Michael’s life before, during, and after incarceration. Read more>>
Jason Furman

‘Repeal and Replace’ the Trump Tax Cuts

January 25, 2018
Wall Street Journal | By Jason Furman, Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. We need to repeal and replace the tax cuts with something more sustainable, efficient, simple and better for American families, Furman argues.

Welcome to the HRPP Toolkit!

January 25, 2018

The Policies, Procedures, Guidance, and Documents that are part of the Human Research Protection Program at Harvard University Area IRB are collectively known as the “Toolkit”.   The Toolkit consists of “living” documents that will be updated as our regulatory landscape changes. We will also provide additional guidance and IRB decision aids to assist the research community through the IRB review process. Here is an overview of the components of the Toolkit:

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Princeton Professors Christina Davis and Kosuke Imai to Join Harvard Faculty

January 25, 2018

Harvard's Department of Government will have two new senior faculty members this fall when current Princeton University professors Christina Davis and Kosuke Imai begin their appointments. Kosuke also joins the Department of Statistics. Both Christina and Kosuke hold PhDs from Harvard's Government Department and have strong research ties to Japan. Christina also earned her undergraduate degree from Harvard.

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Exciting New HGHI Internships!

January 25, 2018

HGHI has some exciting new internships being offered this summer. Click here to see the full list. The internships below, including some of the newest ones, have not received many applications yet, so we encourage you to apply to them! Applying for any of these internships listed below will not count against the three application limit, so you may apply for them in addition to three others. You do not need to receive permission to submit the additional application