Soft Power in Action All it takes are some needles and yarn as members of the Kennedy School community show here as they work to make booties, hats, sweaters, and blankets to be distributed to children of Iraq. Staff, faculty, and students have been meeting at lunch twice a week during the last few months in the Forum where they share techniques, patterns, and conversation. Their creations, to be sent overseas in the late spring, are being made in honor of Dean Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Clockwise from top: Joan Goodman Williamson, Alison Kommer, Carol Boris, and Joao Abss.

Photo: Tanit Sakakini