International affairs
Reporting on Harvard’s global reach—from student fieldwork and faculty research to alumni impact around the world.
Free Speech, the Bomb—and Donald Trump
A Harvard cardiologist on the unlikely alliances that shaped a global movement to prevent nuclear war
Fake social media posts aim to distract
Distraction seems to be the aim of a massive government campaign of fake social media posts.
Documenting refugees fleeing war to seek safety in Europe
A Nieman Fellow documents the perilous passage of refugees fleeing war to seek safety in Europe.
Ukrainian-language collections housed at Harvard
One of the largest Ukrainian-language collections in the world, housed at Harvard
Global Health at Home offers innovative techniques to improve U.S. medical care
Harvesting innovations from around the world to improve American medical care
Harvard researchers find evidence of China's Great Flood
Researchers unearth geological evidence to support one of the country’s earliest folk legends.
Harvard exhibition of Neolithic Chinese pottery
An exhibition of prehistoric earthenware deepens understanding of early Chinese cultures and communities.
Megan White Mukuria and ZanaAfrica Foundation aid Kenyan girls
An alumna’s novel approach to helping Kenyan tweens
Harvard Commencement speakers Spielberg, Faust, more
Commencement oratory from Steven Spielberg, Drew Faust, and others
The Arnold Arboretum’s 10-year plan for plant collecting
Collecting expeditions race the anthropocene extinction to sample wild botanical diversity.
Harvard’s ties to new Fulbright University Vietnam
President Obama’s visit and a developing nation’s new university