Due to the implementation of new health and safety regulations presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Hampshire Institute of Politics’ (NHIOP) Kevin B. Harrington student ambassadors have had a particularly challenging responsibility for maintaining engagement. 

The New Hampshire Institute of Politics will host Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post’s Pulitzer Prize–winning book critic and author of “What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era” on April 26 at 7 p.m. via ZOOM.

Emily Burns ’22 and Robert Zaleski ‘22 have been awarded the Albert H. Gordon Summer Research Fellowship at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) for the summer of 2021.

The Academic Advisory Committee of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) has awarded Professor Chani Marchiselli, Ph.D., of the Department of English, the Jeanne D. Smith Incentive Fund.

Each American president inherits situations and devises plans that determine the new Leader of the Free World’s first hundred days in office. The first president to use the now famous measure was Franklin D. Roosevelt.

On April 8, the Institute of Politics hosted authors Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen to discuss their new book, Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency. 

The actions that a president takes during their first 100 days in office are vital in determining the early success of a president’s time in office, but this margin was not always as symbolic as it is today.

Two political insiders with expertise on both political parties offered insight into what is happening in Washington as of late, discussing the state of polarization and what to watch for in the coming months and years of the new administration.

Tonight’s debate, hosted by the St. Anselm College Debate Team in conjunction with the New Hampshire Institute of Politics, focused on the arguments for and against making it easier for college students to vote. 

Danielle Higgins, a doctoral candidate currently teaching here at Saint Anselm College, spent the evening discussing her research on the misconceptions surrounding the Arab Spring.