Nilagia McCoy

Michele Norris

Study Group: The role of race in the race to win votes

This session is part of the five-week study group series, How Shifts in Race and Cultural Identity Influence Politics, Policy and Pop Culture, led by Michele Norris. Seminars are for Harvard students only (graduate and undergraduate), and are not-for-credit. Description: Campaigns increasingly analyze and scrutinize enormous amounts of data on opinions and behavior to determine which voters […]

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Entrepreneur Roundtable

Panel discussion of how entrepreneurs can build great products and companies through the use of open data. Featuring: Aaron Chatterji, Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard Business School Alyssa Ravasio, CEO, Hipcamp Racquel Russell, Director of Government Relations, Zillow Yaron Samid, CEO, Bill Guard Vincent Yang, CEO, EverString Gil Zimmermann, Founder & CEO, CloudLock Aneesh Chopra, Walter Shorenstein

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Matthew A. Baum

Matthew Baum: News coverage of civil conflict Is biased in both democracies and autocracies

February 26, 2015 — Matthew Baum, Marvin Kalb Professor of Global Communication at the Harvard Kennedy School, writes about his recent research examining global news coverage of the Libyan civil war in The Washington Post. Using data published in 2,252 newspapers in 113 countries, he and Yuri M. Zhukov of the University of Michigan found that “coverage of

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Dori Maynard

Dori Maynard: Reflections on technology and diversity in the news business

February 25, 2015 — Dori Maynard, president of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, died Tuesday, February 24, 2015. She was 56. Maynard was a tireless advocate for more racial diversity in the newsroom, as well as for greater awareness of diversity issues within news coverage itself. As part of her Maynard Institute work,

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Nick Sinai

Marketing U.S. Data: Data jams, Datapaloozas, Hackathons, Prizes, & CDOs Seminar

This session is part of the 10-week seminar series, Data, Technology and Innovation in Government, led by Nick Sinai. Seminars are for students only (graduate and undergraduate) and are not-for-credit. Please register below to reserve your space.  Guest: Aneesh Chopra, co-founder Hunch Analytics and former U.S. Chief Technology Officer Description: The federal open data strategy includes efforts to spur

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Michele Norris

Study Group: Eavesdropping on America’s Hidden Conversation about Race

This session is part of the five-week study group series, How Shifts in Race and Cultural Identity Influence Politics, Policy and Pop Culture, led by Michele Norris. Seminars are for Harvard students only (graduate and undergraduate), and are not-for-credit. Please register below to reserve your space. Description: The Race Card Project has archived tens of thousands

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Nick Sinai

Privacy and Personal Data Portability Seminar

This session is part of the 10-week seminar series, Data, Technology and Innovation in Government, led by Nick Sinai. Seminars are for students only (graduate and undergraduate) and are not-for-credit. Please register below to reserve your space.  Guest: Jim Waldo, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Chief Technology Officer, Harvard

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Tech and Public Service, Event Series with Aneesh Chopra and Nick Sinai, February 23-27, 2015

Tech & Public Service Events

As part of HKS’s public service week,  the Shorenstein Center will hold a series of special events focusing on technology, governance, and innovation. Why Are Technology & Open Innovation Important for Public Policy Students? With Aneesh Chopra, Walter Shorenstein Media & Democracy Fellow, co-founder of Hunch Analytics and former U.S. CTO, and Nick Sinai, Walter

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Friday, February 20-Saturday, February 21
Smart Cities Challenge Hackathon

Form teams to rapidly design and prototype solutions for participating Massachusetts cities. At the end of the day, teams will present their solutions to a panel of city representatives and other experts ready to implement the best ideas. Learn more and register… Schedule (subject to change) Friday, February 20th: Kickoff, Keynote, and Team Formation Event: 5:00pm

Friday, February 20-Saturday, February 21
Smart Cities Challenge Hackathon
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