International affairs
Reporting on Harvard’s global reach—from student fieldwork and faculty research to alumni impact around the world.
Five Questions with Matthew Bunn
The last treaty limiting nuclear arms buildup between Russia and the U.S. expires February 5. What’s next?
Good-bye to HMI
There is a revolution afoot in international healthcare. Wealthy foreigners still come to the United States—to the Mayo Clinic, say, or to...
Harvard faculty and alumni engage with China
China disorients the visitor. The scale and bustle of its cities—propelled by the greatest economic growth and urban migration in...
From Haiti to Rwanda, Paul Farmer Moves Mountains
Paul E. Farmer, Presley professor of social medicine at Harvard Medical School, made the front page of the Boston Sunday Globe this week with his work in providing healthcare in rural Rwanda...
Trails of Tears, and Hope
The hamlet of Alkali Lake, about 100 miles north of Vancouver, is home to one of a handful of surviving Shuswap bands of Native Americans in...
Global Gains
Photograph by Justin Ide/Harvard News Office Jorge I. Domínguez Harvard’s engagement with the world widened significantly during...
Teaching and Learning Abroad
Mollie wright ’09 expected to spend her summer in Costa Rica teaching English. She was, after all, a volunteer for WorldTeach, a...
An entomologist at work on the Encyclopedia of Life
In the Dominican Republic, a project to write the first chapter in the encyclopedia of life
Who Built the Pyramids?
Not slaves. Archaeologist Mark Lehner, digging deeper, discovers a city of privileged workers.