Sharon Wilke

March 4, 2009

"Sir John Gieve Named Senior Fellow with Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs"

Press Release

By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications

Sir John Gieve, former deputy governor of Bank of England, has been named senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. He will work on the international economic crisis and on the differing UK and US approaches to countering terrorism.  

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March 3, 2009

Ambassador Paula Dobriansky Named Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center

Press Release

By Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach and Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications

Ambassador Paula Dobriansky, former under secretary of state for democracy and global affairs under President George W. Bush, will join Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs as a senior fellow, Belfer Center director Graham Allison announced today.

January 29, 2009

William H. Tobey Named Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Press Release

By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications and William H. Tobey, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

William H. Tobey, deputy administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation at the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) from 2006 to 2009 and a Harvard Kennedy School graduate (MPP ‘84), will start February 2^nd as a senior fellow at the Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, where he will work with the Center’s nuclear team.

Tom FitzSimmons

December 20, 2008

Harvard Kennedy School's John P. Holdren Named Obama's Science Advisor

Press Release

By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications, Sasha Talcott, Director of Communications and Outreach and John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program

President-elect Barack Obama announced in his radio address Saturday that he has selected Harvard's John P. Holdren to serve as Assistant to the President for Science and Technology in the new administration. The post, popularly known as "the President's science advisor," also includes directorship of the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President and requires Senate confirmation. 

December 18, 2008

Fall/Winter 2008 Belfer Center Events Photo Gallery

Media Feature

By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications

Each week, the Belfer Center welcomes government officials, policymakers, and experts from around the world to share their insights and diverse views on critical current issues. See who joined us in the fall and winter of 2008.

December 2, 2008

Rolf Mowatt-Larssen Named Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center

Press Release

By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications and Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, director of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence at the U.S. Department of Energy and former head of the Central Intelligence Agency's WMD and terrorism efforts, will join the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center as a senior fellow on January 19, 2009.

October 2008

"Belfer Center Hosts Al Gore 'Solutions Summit' to Design Carbon-free Future"

News

By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications

Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center hosted former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore and 30 of the United States' top energy and climate experts for a "Solutions Summit" on the climate challenge on October 21-22, 2008. The "Solutions Summit" recipe is one developed by Vice President Gore following a series of Belfer Center brainstorming events in 2005 and 2006 organized by Belfer Center Director Graham Allison and Gore.

Winter 2008-09

Belfer Center Newsletter Winter 2008-09

Newsletter

By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications

The Winter 2008-09 issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features recent and upcoming research, activities, and analysis by Center faculty, fellows, and staff on critical global issues. "What should the next president do first?" is a question raised in this issue. Belfer Center experts respond to the question with advice on what they consider priority issues of national security, climate/energy policy, and the economic crisis.

The Winter 2008-09 issue also features take-aways from the Center’s recent “Acting in Time on Energy Policy” conference hosted by the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group. In addition, it spotlights Belfer Center Faculty Affiliate Richard Clarke and new Kennedy School Professor Nicholas Burns.

Summer 2008

Belfer Center Speakers

Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter

By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications

Each week, the Belfer Center welcomes government officials, policymakers, and experts from around the world to share their insights and diverse views on critical current issues. See who joined us in the Spring of 2008.

Summer 2008

Belfer Center Newsletter Summer 2008

Newsletter

By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications

The Summer 2008 issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features recent and upcoming research, activities, and analysis by Center faculty, fellows, and staff on critical global issues. "Iraq Five Years In: Should the U.S. Stay or Go?" is a question raised in this issue and answered by five Center experts.

The Summer issue also features calls for action on the economy from economists affiliated with the Belfer Center - Martin Feldstein, Lawrence Summers, Jeffrey Frankel, and Paul Volcker. Additionally, this issue covers a unique "Oil ShockWave" simulation event and much more.