Abroad
Undergraduate Pakistan Trek Will Proceed As Planned Ahead of Expected Trump Travel Ban
Thirty Harvard students will travel to Pakistan on Friday for the Harvard College Pakistani Students Association’s second annual Pakistan Trek as the Trump administration decides whether to include the country in a new travel ban policy expected this week.
Nepali Prime Minister Oli Talks Climate Crisis at Harvard IOP Forum
Nepali Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli said the progression of climate change invites “the extinction of life on Earth” and called on wealthier nations to support developing countries in shifting to more environmentally friendly energy sources during a Harvard Institute of Politics Forum on Friday.
Harvard President Garber Visits Club of Madrid, Faces More Animal Rights Activists
A group of roughly 10 animal rights activists protested interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber outside a Harvard Club of Spain event in Madrid.
‘Ambassador of Love’: Arthur Brooks Leads Harvard Delegation to Meet the Dalai Lama
Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks and the Harvard Kennedy School Leadership & Happiness Laboratory led a delegation to meet the Dalai Lama for a conference last Monday and Tuesday.
Harvard Workers Living Abroad Face Pay Delays Due to Third-Party Payroll System
Some Harvard faculty, student workers, and staff living abroad have faced significant issues with a third-party payroll system the University shifted them to in January, with a number of affected graduate students missing their paychecks for months.
Six Harvard Seniors Tapped — Virtually — for Rhodes Scholarship
Six members of Harvard’s Class of 2021 reacted with tears of gratitude, shouts through windows, and dozens of phone calls to socially distanced friends and families after receiving the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship this weekend.
Welcome, Nomads
The real “nomads” don’t own real estate in hipster neighborhoods, and don’t have track lighting.
Tourist Buffet
When the tour guide told us that we would be eating lunch at a buffet right next to the entrance to Machu Picchu, I imagined a theme-park extravaganza of starch and docile proteins, coated in a gloss of mayonnaise.
Harvard Works with Feds To Establish University in Vietnam
Fulbright University Vietnam will expand on the existing Fulbright Economics Teaching Program, a public policy master’s program that the Ash Center at the Kennedy School established in 1994.
'Summer Playbook' Map Looks To Connect Students
The site officially opened April 14 for students to register their travel plans, but Friday will be the first time that students can find fellow students with similar agendas, according to the site's founder.
Harvard Moves To Open Three New Offices Abroad
Harvard has authorized the opening of three new offices abroad in Cape Town, Beijing, and Mumbai, which would join the 16 existing international offices.