The latest in Global Engagement
Arab Transitions Are Slow for Good Reasons
May 1, 2013"In the context of today’s Arab world, the political transitions being experienced in some countries provide the first ever opportunity for citizens to discuss and agree on the core elements of their statehood and nationhood." Read More…
3 hours 45 min ago
The price of women’s immigrationAuthor Sonia Nazario told a Radcliffe conference that people don’t generally know that large numbers of women who immigrate to the United States illegally to get jobs and support their families back home leave their own children behind to do so. Read More…
1 day 1 hour ago
From The Harvard GazetteName the Trade Rep, Mr. President
By Ben W. Heineman, Jr. (This article first appeared in Harvard Business Review Blog Network, where Ben Heineman is a frequent contributor) In President Obama’s second term, the United States has an ambitious and challenging Atlantic and Pacific trade agenda … Continue reading > Read More…
1 day 5 hours ago
Energy and the Arab Awakening: A View from Riyadh
April 30, 2013The Middle East Initiative and Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs hosted distinguished scholars and energy experts from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a panel discussion on Thursday, April 25. The panelists included Dr. Read More…
1 day 7 hours ago
Global Music Ambassadors: Changing Paradigms, Uniting People
An interview with Heather Schmid and Dr. Rafay Mehdi An interview with Heather Schmid and Dr. Read More…
1 day 19 hours ago
CMES wins recycling contest award from FAS Green Program
CMES is the proud winner of the spring 2013 CGIS Complex Recycling Contest run by the FAS Green Program. he contest pitted CMES against neighboring CGIS units in a challenge to see which group could recycle the most effectively....read more Read More…
1 day 22 hours ago
Accelerate the Accelerators! Are There Alternatives to Nuclear Research Reactors?
This seminar reviewed the alternatives to nuclear research reactors and the benefits of adopting the technology of accelerators in order to reduce dependence on enriched uranium. Read More…
2 days 23 hours ago
The Test to Come: Forgiveness and Reconciliation
April 27, 2013Is reconciliation a feasible option for the Arab world that now seems to be moving in the direction of greater domestic intolerance and warfare? We do not know, and only time will tell. Read More…
4 days 8 hours ago
Reshaping Manhattan’s midtownHarvard Graduate School of Design alumni working in New York City outline a plan to revamp a 70-block area around Grand Central Station, where zoning restrictions have long restricted the height of buildings, to allow for structures twice as tall. Read More…
5 days 8 hours ago
From The Harvard Gazette