International

From left: Margrethe Vestager, Baroness Beeban Kidron, Maria Ressa, and Shoshana Zuboff

Social Sciences |

Building a New Information Civilization

Four women leading change in the world of privacy and personal data

by Jonathan Shaw

In Nganyahun village, a Red Cross volunteer and a community leader who work with GMin teach residents how to put up bed nets.

| November-December 2009

A Better Bed-Net Strategy

Combating malaria by distributing bed nets in Sierra Leone

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Children from New Hope orphanage in Busia, Uganda, make their nightly walk to get water for drinking and washing. They handle all the chores themselves—an important part of director Ken Mulago’s strategy for running the orphanage. “We want our children to behave as responsible adults,” he says. “We don’t want to raise them up just to think about themselves.”

Features | November-December 2009

Immersed in Africa

Students and service at a new frontier

by Elizabeth Gudrais

The University of Ghana campus

| November-December 2009

"Africa for Beginners"

At "slave castles" and the University of Ghana, Audrey White ’10 researches the slave trade.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

McElroy's article is the cover story in the September 11 issue of <em>Science</em>

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Powering China with Wind Alone

China could produce seven times its current electricity needs using wind alone.

Scenes from Havana, taken in March 2007

Features | July-August 2009

Hello from Havana

Raúl Castro is changing Cuba. Will the United States respond?

This map shows soil types for all of Africa. A researcher might use it with other map layers to study agricultural productivity among countries with similar soils, comparing, for example, the agrarian practices of Francophone and Anglophone countries.

John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2009

Mapping Africa

Africa Map, a project of Harvard’s Center for Geographic Analysis, brings GIS capabilities to research on the entire continent.

Theresa Betancourt with children in Sierra Leone

| March-April 2009

Helping Those Most in Need

With support from the Center on the Developing Child, Harvard scholars aim to help some of the most vulnerable groups of children.

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Obama's Daunting International Agenda

Journalist David E. Sanger's new book outlines the huge international security challenges facing the new administration.

Rosa Estrella Ortega Roa has big plans for the unit where she lives with her two-year-old grandson. Although the walls and ceiling of her kitchen are still unfinished... [click the images below for more]

John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2009

For Santiago's Poor, Housing with Dignity

An innovative housing initiative with deep Harvard ties lets families in Chile who once lived illegally become homeowners.

| January-February 2009

Counterterrorism and Democracy

The most effective ways to fight terrorism do not involve important tradeoffs between security and democratic principles.