Harvard Institute of Politics

Established| 1966; 60 years ago (1966)
Mission| To inspire students to consider careers in politics and public service.
Director| Setti Warren
Owner| Harvard Kennedy School
Coordinates|  [ ⚑ ] : 42°22′17″N 71°07′20″W﻿ / ﻿42.37145°N 71.12210°W﻿ / 42.37145; -71.12210
Address| 79 John F. Kennedy St, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Website| Official website

The Institute of Politics (IOP) is an institute of Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University that was created to serve as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy and to inspire Harvard undergraduates to consider careers in politics and public service.[1][2] The IOP works to bring the academic world into contact with the world of politics and public affairs in a non-partisan way to promote public service.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 1.1 Harvard Votes Challenge
* 1.2 Harvard Public Opinion Project
* 1.3 Harvard Political Review
* 1.4 Senior Advisory Committee
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

Harvard Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University

Following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, the Kennedy Library Corporation raised more than $20 million for both the construction of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, and the creation and endowment of an institute at Harvard University dedicated to the study of politics and public affairs. More than 30 million people from around the world, including school children, contributed to the fund. In 1966, the Kennedy Library Corporation presented Harvard University with an endowment for the creation of the Institute of Politics.

The IOP does not offer formal courses or degree-granting programs. IOP hosts the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, located at Harvard Kennedy School. The forum regularly hosts speeches, debates, and panel discussions.[3][4]

Since its founding in 1978, the Forum has hosted more than 1,000 events, seen by live audiences totaling more than 650,000 people and millions more via cable television, teleconferencing, and the Internet. Originally known as the KSG Forum, it was renamed in 2002 in tribute to the president's son, who had served on the Institute of Politics' board of directors until his death in 1999. The forum was renovated in 2003.[5]

### Harvard Votes Challenge

In 2018, students at the IOP started the Harvard Votes Challenge (HVC) in collaboration with the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. The university-wide initiative "strives to build a civic culture at Harvard University by increasing voter registration and participation among students, staff, and faculty."[6] During the 2018 midterm election, HVC launched the first-ever Harvard-Yale Votes Challenge.[7] HVC integrated voter engagement and registration into First-Year Orientation in 2019.[8]

For the 2020 election, 390 volunteers from all 12 degree-granting Harvard schools worked to mobilize voters during the COVID-19 pandemic. Organizers sent 94,297 text messages, distributed over 1700 stamps to students, and recruited 121 campus organizations to a pledge committing to 100% voter participation.[9]

### Harvard Public Opinion Project

Founded in 2000, the Harvard Public Opinion Project (HPOP) aims to track young Americans' (18- to 29-year-olds) attitudes toward politics and public service. Undergraduate members, in conjunction with the IOP's director of polling, John Della Volpe, conduct the largest national survey of the millennial generation. These form a tracking poll in the fall and a more comprehensive poll in the spring. After analyzing the data, the committee shares its findings in a nationally covered media release.[10]

### Harvard Political Review

The IOP is also home to and publishes the Harvard Political Review (HPR), a quarterly, non-partisan journal of political affairs written, edited, and managed by Harvard College undergraduates.[11]

### Senior Advisory Committee

The following individuals make up the Senior Advisory Committee of the Institute of Politics:[12]

* Michael Nutter, Chair
* David Axelrod
* Charles Frank Bolden Jr.
* LaTosha Brown
* Alex Burns
* Heather Campion
* Torie Clarke
* William D. Delahunt
* Joseph Kennedy III
* Susan Molinari
* Abby Phillip
* Olympia Snowe
* Alice Stewart
* Michelle Wu

## See also

* Harvard University people

## References

1. ↑ "Founding". Harvard University. n.d.. https://iop.harvard.edu/about/founding.
2. ↑ "About Us". Harvard University. n.d.. https://iop.harvard.edu/about.
3. ↑ Aguero, Edward. "Edwards Kicks Off 'Hardball' Series at IOP." The Harvard Crimson, October 14, 2003.
4. ↑ Kumar, Prateek. "IOP Panelists Simulate Oil Shock." The Harvard Crimson, April 29, 2008.
5. ↑ "KSG Forum to be renamed in honor of JFK Jr.". Harvard Gazette. December 5, 2002. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2002/12/ksg-forum-to-be-renamed-in-honor-of-jfk-jr/.
6. ↑ "Harvard Votes Challenge" (in en). https://voteschallenge.harvard.edu/home.
7. ↑ "Harvard Wins Harvard-Yale Votes Challenge | News | The Harvard Crimson". https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/11/14/harvard-yale-votes/.
8. ↑ "Harvard Votes Challenge Targets Freshmen With Move-In Registration Program | News | The Harvard Crimson". https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/9/13/harvard-votes-challenge-19/.
9. ↑ "Error: no `|title=` specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in en). https://twitter.com/harvardiop/status/1331630610662662149.Error:+no+`|title=`+specified when+using+{{[[Template:Cite+web|Cite+web]]}}&rft.atitle=&rft_id=https://twitter.com/harvardiop/status/1331630610662662149&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikibooks.org:Organization:Harvard_Institute_of_Politics">
10. ↑ "Youth Poll". http://iop.harvard.edu/youth-poll.
11. ↑ ISSN 0090-1032; OCLC 1784689
12. ↑ "Senior Advisory Committee". Harvard University. n.d.. https://iop.harvard.edu/about/senior-advisory-committee.

## External links

* Harvard Institute of Politics website
* Google Cultural Institute: Harvard Institute of Politics

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