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HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Lawrence H. Summers, President
Representative: John Haigh, Executive Dean, John F. Kennedy School of Government

Harvard University, established in 1636, is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and a world-renowned research university. Its schools and programs consistently rank in the top tier of their fields and its research centers are at the vanguard of groundbreaking discoveries and achievements. Graduate schools include the Harvard Business School, the Graduate School of Education, Harvard Law School, the John F. Kennedy School of Government, the Harvard Medical School and the School of Public Health. Seven American presidents, including Franklin Roosevelt and George W. Bush, graduated from the university and its faculty has produced 40 Nobel laureates.

The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics & Public Policy, a research center of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, has emerged as a major source for research on political campaigns and elections, journalism and public policy, international news, and race, gender and the press. Drawing from America's most distinguished journalists, scholars and practitioners, the Center is working to help the press improve its role in democracy.