Ostler said Favor sought treatment soon after his arrest. Sections U. Science Technology Business U. Dartmouth professor faces prison on child porn charge. Favor declined an interview through Ostler. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news. The Associated Press. The first one is about you, right now. For you, my dearest Class of Even if you have jobs or grad school lined up, you are no doubt stressing a bit about the question: What are you going to do with the rest of your life?
And my first serious bit of advice to you is: Do not worry if you do not know what you want to do with the rest of your life; it is OK if you take years to figure it out. I did not become a full-time journalist until I was almost It took me a little time to figure out where my particular qualities of annoying persistence, uncomfortable observations, and curiously rooted self-regard might best be suited.
Now, our society worships the prodigies. The Mozarts. To paraphrase Tom Lehrer, it is a sobering thought to consider that when Mozart was my age he had been dead for twelve years. But to measure success by how old you are when you achieve it is silly. Do not stress if you have no idea what you want to do with the rest of your life.
View these years, where your responsibilities are relatively few, as a journey, as an adventure. Adventures are not seamless trips from point A to point B; they have ups and downs and obstacles. Every step of my trip to this stage today taught me something and guided me to here.
The fall after graduation, I went to film school. I could not have been more unhappy. Flash forward a few years, more misery in Washington, DC, as the worst public relations flunky in the history of relating to the public. These were periods of ennui, angst, sturm undt drang, and many other words only the Europeans could have come up with.
I felt like a complete and utter failure. All part of the adventure. Do not take these moments that you will someday soon experience as failings or even as wrong turns. Public relations and my ineptitude in it steered me away from the world of spin, but it also showed me how PR executives spin, which gave me insight into how to cut through it.
And, more importantly, it was while supporting myself as a PR flunky that I began writing freelance newspaper stories. And that led me to my first full-time job as a reporter at Washington City Paper, a tiny free weekly newspaper, with an editor who was like a one-man journalism school, who saw in me a young man who did not take mistakes and errors seriously enough and browbeat that attitude out of me.
If I had not worked under that man at that free weekly newspaper, I would not be on this stage right now. You are about to leave a warm and nutritious womb. You now have to do that for yourselves, and for each other. There are plenty of nice and kind people. What does that mean? Practically speaking, it means you can no longer rely on people in positions of power to do things for you because they care about you.
What is that something? It can be tricky to figure out. It might be your loyalty, your respectability, that you have a diploma from Dartmouth, your brains, your cleverness, or your politeness. Different people are going to want you for different reasons, but your first boss and every boss you ever will have will want something very simple: your hard work and your good attitude. Put it this way: A screenwriter sells her idea to a studio. The studio wants to make her movie. They start conducting screen tests.
You audition. You have to. No one is going to give you that job out of the kindness of their hearts. They need to have confidence that you will be Fast and Furious. But here is the exquisite bit of good news, for those of you paying attention: Now you know this; now you know that it all comes down to you figuring out what you can offer them.
I joined ABC News in In the presidential race, I was not assigned a candidate to cover. I can still list the reporters who were, by the way. I remember every one of them. I got nothing. So I did the only thing I could do. I worked so hard in those intervening years to establish myself as a good and tireless political reporter, so hard they HAD to assign me a candidate in , for their own good.
It worked, and in I was finally assigned a candidate. My goal then became to be the White House correspondent. And I knew, again, there was only one way I would get that job.
I had to be so skilled and tough and industrious and vigilant that, if my bosses at ABC News made anyone else the White House correspondent, they would look like idiots. I had to force them to give it to me out of their own best interests. But this was a good one. Have something that they want.
And show it to them—over and over, every day. In addition, each course had a teaching team comprised of a faculty member, a teaching fellow usually a PhD student , and course assistants—they were a tremendous help!
Every month, we had a cultural night that focused on a specific country or region, which included cultural performances, presentations, and, of course, food! I organized one of those nights, where I showcased Nepali food and cooked for 70 people. Most of my classmates came with external funding and only a few got scholarships from the school, but that does not mean prospective applicants should not consider the program. The technical skills you learn in the program, the opportunities you will find, and the network you will be connected to are second to none.
My boss at that time, family members, and work colleagues convinced me into going to HKS and I am happy I did so. Although the cost of attendance seems really high, you will have tons of time to pay it off. In addition, the school has programs like the HKS Loan Assistance Repayment Program to help make your education less financially stressful.
But the unique challenges brought on by the COVID pandemic and its lingering impact on standardized testing availability around the world have prompted us to temporarily revise our standardized test policy for those who will apply this December for the academic year.
Our test score requirements vary by degree program and language ability, so read more about our updated standardized test policy and important test information and logistics. The PPLC will be held October , and will be virtual, but participants can still expect to have a life-changing experience. The PPLC mission is to inspire undergraduate student leaders—particularly those from historically underrepresented and underserved communities—to pursue careers in public service.
Learn more about the PPLC. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery across the nation and is often celebrated in African American communities with storytelling, cooking special recipes, and reflection on history and fellowship. Harvard community events are being held this week to celebrate Juneteenth. We invite you to listen in—watch or register below.
Friday, June 18 at p. ET Tune in to watch. Loeb University Professor, discussed her latest book On Juneteenth , which explores the complexities of the past and how we think of them. Learn more about other Harvard community events celebrating Juneteenth.
All Harvard University offices are closed Friday, June 18 in honor of holiday. The conference will be held October , Although it will be entirely virtual this year due to the pandemic, participants can still expect to have a life-changing experience. The PPLC mission is to inspire student leaders—particularly those from historically underrepresented and underserved communities—to pursue careers in public service.
Consider applying to this empowering experience if you are eligible or encourage your friends, colleagues, or relatives who are eligible to apply. ET deadline. For more than 15 years, Professor Linda Bilmes has led the Harvard Kennedy School Applied Field Lab , a course in which Harvard graduate students partner with cities and local governments to tackle some of their most complex financial and operational challenges. She spent her first of two summer internships working on an early-stage product at Loon, a Google X startup with the mission of expanding Internet access to rural and remote communities worldwide with a network of balloons in the stratosphere.
Prior to attending graduate school, Jenna worked as an Economic Consultant in Los Angeles for three years and as the Chief of Staff of a sanitation social enterprise in Kenya for one year.
She is a first-generation college graduate and earned an Honors B. First, I wanted to explore how to best leverage technology as a catalyst for international social impact. Second, I aspired to build a framework that can help me to understand and address complex, entangled, and seemingly intangible political and societal problems.
And third, I hoped to build meaningful and supportive relationships with classmates by pushing each other to pursue our passions. Their optimism and resilience have encouraged me to continue to pursue my career goal of building compelling technology products that have the potential to drastically improve lives and livelihoods across the globe.
Posts How to Apply Archive. Financial Assistance Application We are expecting to launch the application for financial assistance in mid-November. Observing Veterans Day at the Kennedy School Harvard Kennedy School has one of the largest populations of students who have served in the military across all of Harvard University. The Armed Forces Committee is an organization of students-veterans, active duty personnel, or anyone interested in military, defense, and veteran issues.
The AFC is committed to engaging with the HKS and Harvard community on these issues through programming, social events, and other opportunities.
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