The latest in Global Engagement
Light along a jagged borderHarvard researchers have combined new technology with old to better understand conditions in the war-torn border region between Sudan and South Sudan. Read More…
2 days 36 min ago
From The Harvard GazetteChina’s No-First-Use Policy Promotes Nuclear Disarmament
"If China abandons its no-first-use nuclear pledge, which has guided China’s nuclear strategy since its first nuclear test in 1964, it would severely undermine the global disarmament process, potentially preventing the U.S. and Russian from further reducing their nuclear arsenals and even encouraging the U.S. to expand its nuclear forces. Read More…
2 days 6 hours ago
CMES AM student Geoffrey Allen chosen as GSAS commencement marshal
Chosen by a committee of the Graduate Student Council, commencement marshals are members of the graduate student body who have “contributed meaningfully to student life.” Geoff’s contributions included serving as Director of Careers in the Business Club, and as Vice President of the Harvard Middle E...read more Read More…
2 days 23 hours ago
Hezbollah's Moment of Reckoning in Qusayr
The battle for Qusayr is only the haphazard spark within the larger Syrian war that could ignite this fire. Read More…
3 days 2 hours ago
Cultivating community in ShanghaiKate McFarlin, president of the Harvard Club of Shanghai, wears her dual enthusiasms for Harvard and China on her sleeve. Read More…
4 days 8 hours ago
From The Harvard GazetteWhen Arab States and Citizens Differ on Palestine
May 18, 2013"Tensions between the Arab state and its citizens will expand in the years ahead, as the fundamental contradictions of Arab state-building, national identity, regional relations, the Arabism-Zionism confrontation, and international alliances all clash visibly. Read More…
6 days 29 min ago
Speaking up for scienceFormer National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration administrator Jane Lubchenco described her four years in Washington, D.C., as difficult and frustrating, but said it’s imperative that other scientists follow suit to give science a voice in national policies. Read More…
1 week 1 hour ago
From The Harvard Gazette
Toward a more competitive U.S.At an event at Harvard Business School (HBS) that was three parts analysis and one part rally, participants tried to chart a new path forward for the sluggish U.S. economy — a move that may require a new definition of “competitiveness.” Read More…
1 week 3 hours ago
From The Harvard GazetteProject on Managing the Atom Internship at the Harvard Kennedy School
The Project on Managing the Atom (MTA) at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government seeks interns to serve as Student Associates for the summer of 2013. Read More…
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