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?

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard President Faust stepping down 2018

An expected transition, as the University’s twenty-eighth president plans to conclude her service.

by John S. Rosenberg

Rethinking liberal arts Yale-NUS, Minerva

Yale-NUS, Nicholas Lemann, and Minerva remodel liberal arts for the twenty-first century.

by John S. Rosenberg

Fake social media posts aim to distract

Distraction seems to be the aim of a massive government campaign of fake social media posts.

by Lydialyle Gibson

The Discovery of a Lost Harvard Museum

Recreating the Philosophy Chamber

by Jonathan Shaw , Jennifer Carling

Peabody Museum 150th anniversary exhibition anthropology

The Peabody Museum 150th is a showcase for the origins and evolution of anthropology.

by John S. Rosenberg

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.

by Maciek Nabrdalik

Ukrainian-language collections housed at Harvard

One of the largest Ukrainian-language collections in the world, housed at Harvard

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Global Health at Home offers innovative techniques to improve U.S. medical care

Harvesting innovations from around the world to improve American medical care

by Howard Hiatt , Charles Kenney , Mark Rosenberg

Harvard researchers find evidence of China's Great Flood

Researchers unearth geological evidence to support one of the country’s earliest folk legends.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard exhibition of Neolithic Chinese pottery

An exhibition of prehistoric earthenware deepens understanding of early Chinese cultures and communities.

by John S. Rosenberg