International affairs

Reporting on Harvard’s global reach—from student fieldwork and faculty research to alumni impact around the world.

Harvard Plans Contingencies for International Students

The Kennedy School and School of Public Health are developing online options.

by Jonathan Shaw

Taking Smoking Seriously

View ads from Massachusetts and Armenia designed to scare smokers into quitting.

Business Curriculum Changes

Beyond case-method classes at Harvard Business School

Models—and Mud—in Amazonia

Students grapple with the fate of the rainforest in a changing climate.

by Jonathan Shaw

Kermit Roosevelt

Brief life of a Harvard conspirator: 1916-2000

by Gwen Kinkead

Who Is Poor?

A multidimensional poverty index, based on the ideas of Amartya Sen, reveals a different map of the world's poor.

Complicated Choices: Preventing HIV's Spread

Can an HIV-infected person safely have a child with an uninfected partner? Harvard scholars highlight a new approach.

Slide Show: Around Africa

A reporter's notebook from travels in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya

The Social Epidemic

Harvard professors and students take aim at the social and behavioral factors that contribute to HIV.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Healing the Whole Patient

From traditional healing to modern medicine, a multifaceted approach to HIV care in South Africa. With audio

Cultural Education

Harvard students helps a theater troupe in Uganda teach about HIV.