International

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

Trump Administration Expands Harvard Student Visa Vetting

State Department tells officials to screen social media, flag private accounts as suspicious.  

by Nina Pasquini

Music, Italian Style

A day at the Naples Conservatory

by Thomas Forrest Kelly

Digging Deep into Chinese History

Field notes from a summer archaeological expedition

by Rowan K. Flad

Harvard President Drew Faust to Step Down in 2018

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

by John S. Rosenberg

An Educated Core

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

by John S. Rosenberg

China’s Social-Media Smoke Screen

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

by Lydialyle Gibson

The Lost Museum

Recreating the Philosophy Chamber

by Jonathan Shaw , Jennifer Carling

Anthropology Anew

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

by John S. Rosenberg

Collecting Ukraine

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

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

In Flight

A Nieman Fellow documents the perilous passage of refugees fleeing war to seek safety in Europe.

by Maciek Nabrdalik

Global Health at Home

Harvesting innovations from around the world to improve American medical care

by Howard Hiatt , Charles Kenney , Mark Rosenberg