International Affairs
Reporting on Harvard’s global reach—from student fieldwork and faculty research to alumni impact around the world.
Tarek Masoud Wins Honor For Exploring Disagreements
The Harvard Kennedy School professor has led inquiries into the polarizing conflicts in the Middle East.
Short-term increases in air pollution linked to several new diseases
Researchers studying 95 million Medicare records find new fine-particle impacts in the blood, gut, skin, kidneys, and other organs.
Healthy Plate, Healthy Planet
Frank Hu confronts the triple threats of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.
by Jacob Sweet
Pippa Norris on the global rise of populist authoritarianism
Harvard political scientist Pippa Norris chronicles the rise of populist authoritarians in Western democracies.
Harvard Professor Accused of Misleading Government Investigators
Friedman University Professor charged with lying about research ties to China
Demographic distortions will require eldercare solutions
Can technology coupled with cultural understanding improve the health and wellness of the elderly?
David Damrosch promotes world literature
David Damrosch’s literary global reach
A scholar's prescient view of global immigration—in 1996
In industrial nations worldwide, a fin de siècle hysteria builds over immigration.
B vitamin content of rice declines with rising CO2
A new study quantifies the global impact of declines in a single nutrient in a single crop, and hints at wider impacts.
Will future online education become limited to professional degrees?
Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
Harvard Commencement
The German chancellor will deliver the Commencement address on May 30, 2019.