Read about the latest news and events from the Institute.

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate and the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics have announced their landmark report, “Bolstering Funding and Practices for Resilient Elections: Sustainable Funding and Models of Success at the State and Local Level.”

The latest Senate Project between Senators John Fetterman (D-PA) and David McCormick (R-PA) was hosted on Monday, June 2, 2025 in the Kennedy Institute’s full-scale Senate Chamber replica in Boston, MA. The discussion was moderated by Shannon Bream, anchor of Fox News Sunday, and broadcast on FOX.

The Kennedy Institute hosted on bridging generations in a divided world focused on lessons from the Irish Peace Process for today’s youth as they develop into tomorrow’s community leaders. It featuring Rep. Joe Kennedy III, former US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland, in conversation with Prof. Mary Murphy of Boston College, as well as youth leaders from Boston to Belfast.

The Kennedy Institute was so excited to participate in Civic Learning Week 2005. Institute educators convened nearly 1,000 students from 47 schools for virtual programming to mark 2025 Civic Learning Week. Civic Learning Week, celebrated this year March 10-14, is an annual, nationwide effort to prioritize civic education in order to sustain and strengthen our constitutional democracy.

To mark the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act, the Institute hosted a virtual conversation with David Bowen, Sen. Kennedy’s Health Staff Director, on Senator Kennedy’s leadership crafting one of the most consequential health care bills in decades, moderated by Julie Rovner, Chief Washington Correspondent, KFF Health News.

Senator Wyden and Jim Acosta discussed President Trump, Elon Musk and the Senator’s new book “It Takes Chutzpah” in an exclusive interview at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute.