International

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

Harvard Plans Contingencies for International Students

Kennedy School, School of Public Health are developing online options

by Jonathan Shaw

The “Accidental” Fall of the Berlin Wall

A scholar at the Center for European Studies traces the unexpected causes of the opening of divided Berlin.

Biden on Foreign Policy at Harvard

The vice president on Ebola, ISIL, China, and Russia at HKS

Global-Health Learning in Rural Mexico

Harvard Global Health Institute introduces a unique study-abroad opportunity, melding coursework with field experience.

by Francesca Annic...

Harvard Library to Help Preserve Tibetan Literary Heritage

Ten million pages of Tibetan literature will be stored in the library’s Digital Repository Services.

by Francesca Annic...

Tiananmen Plus Twenty-five

Harvard scholars recall the Tiananmen era and ponder its continuing impact

Joseph Conrad’s Crystal Ball

Historian Maya Jasanoff says fiction can capture the subjective experience of the past.

by Craig Lambert

John Briscoe Awarded Stockholm Water Prize

'Nobel Prize of Water' given to Harvard professor for "unparalleled contributions" to global water resource management

Why “Big Data” Is a Big Deal

Information science promises to change the world.

by Jonathan Shaw

Nuclear Weapons or Democracy

“Out of ratio” weapons are essentially ungovernable.

by Craig Lambert

Sowing Seeds

From supporting farmers to probing policy, Harvard people help Myanmar remake its future.

by John S. Rosenberg