Nation & World

Retired diplomat Nicholas Platt ’57 weighs in on China then and now, and on the durability of U.S. ties to that nation.

Scholars, educators, and politicians gathered for a two-day seminar at Harvard Kennedy School to explore the complicated issue of performance pay in the nation’s public schools.

In conjunction with Radcliffe Day (May 28), a panel examines the history and present of feminism, looking at what has changed and what obstacles remain.

Julie Leadbetter, a dedicated affordable housing advocate, arrived at Harvard Kennedy School’s (HKS) midcareer program eager to stretch her skills and forge new relationships with big thinkers. She’s leaving this spring with an M.C./M.P.A. degree and a first place award in a local affordable housing development competition.

A Harvard undergraduate travels to China to visit an orphanage she aided from afar, and sees the impact of her public service.

Outgoing HAA President Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland says the group’s interest in public service is expanding by leaps and bounds. Incoming President Robert R. Bowie Jr. plans to continue strengthening the alumni community.

Eight members of the Harvard Business School (HBS) M.B.A. Class of 2010 have been named winners of the School’s prestigious Dean’s Award.

Concluding a year of expanded volunteer efforts at Harvard, president announces new fellowships that will allow students to do well by doing good.

A Harvard Kennedy School degree program celebrates a decade of graduates who are having a major impact on international development.

Harvard President Drew Faust has renewed the University’s partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to assist eligible veterans in meeting the costs of their education through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

A panel of scholars explored the changing landscape of religion in the United States and its implications for both churches and education for ministry.

A panel explores the effects of high-stakes testing, and suggests new measurements of achievement are needed.

The designated driver campaign is 21 years old. Jay Winsten, an influential force behind the anti-drunk-driving effort, reflects and looks ahead.

A short film based on military tribunals held at Guantanamo Bay examines the legality and morality of the U.S. justice system.

Mental health ailments are widespread among Iraqi children and teenagers, a problem compounded by a lack of mental health treatment facilities and inattention to the problem, an Iraqi psychiatrist says.

The world mobilized to help Haiti after that country suffered the deadliest earthquake in this hemisphere in over a century on Jan. 12, 2010. Faculty, staff, and other members of the Harvard community, including affiliates of Partners In Health and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, played a pivotal role in the worldwide effort to provide aid.

As part of a series of talks sponsored by Harvard Law School, criminal justice scholar Carol Steiker offered final words of advice to the parting class.

Harvard Business School Professor Rebecca Henderson delivered a talk last week in honor of Earth Day that offered a business strategy aimed at saving the planet.

Radcliffe Fellow looks at the painful ‘facts and realities’ facing women in Pakistan.

Harvard President Drew Faust has embraced Harvard’s international image in both practical and symbolic ways. Faust, whose appointment was celebrated around the world as an example of what women now can achieve, has traveled to China, Botswana, South Africa, Western Europe, and most recently took a weeklong trip to Japan and China.

Harvard University today (April 23) announced that Sumner M. Redstone has contributed $1 million to be used by Harvard College and Harvard Law School. This contribution by Redstone, a graduate of both Schools, will establish scholarships for 20 Redstone Scholars to attend Harvard College for the 2010–11 academic year.

Mikheil Saakashvili, leader of Georgia, says his nation’s embrace of democratic institutions makes it a strong counterbalance to Russia in the Black Sea region.

Two-day panel at the Center for Public Leadership examines the shifting role of film as a vehicle for social change, with new technologies creating fresh insights.

Exiled, censored, and under fire from hostile regimes, international writers make a plea at Harvard for creative freedom.

Janet Napolitano, head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, says Americans should “be prepared, not scared” in dealing with the ongoing threats of terror attacks.

A study by a student at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education suggests that university staffs and students value having a diverse campus, but doubt that strict racial preferences are the right way to develop it.

The world is going to fall well short of achieving the Millennium Development Goals to reduce malnutrition, and child and maternal mortality, by 2015.

CNBC show “Power Lunch” interviews Harvard M.B.A. students to gain insights into prospects for Twitter’s future business model.

Harvard Africa Focus opens series of panels, lectures, and performances highlighting the continent’s life and culture.

Author and Harvard doctor Atul Gawande explored the practice of solitary confinement in a lecture at Harvard Law School.