Tag: Hurricane Maria

  • Nation & World

    Food for thought

    Chef José Andrés discusses how food is connected to many other realms, from public health, to climate, to history, and even to moral philosophy.

    5 minutes
    Chef and restaurant owner Jose Andres.
  • Nation & World

    Citizens arrested

    Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, but are not treated equally, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz said at Radcliffe conference on “Unsettled Citizens.”

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Puerto Rico benefits from Harvard’s living lab

    The community group Unidos por Utuado has won $100,000 in seed funding from the Puerto Rico Big Ideas Challenge to implement a plan — designed by Harvard students — for renewable and affordable electricity.

    6 minutes
    city of Utuado
  • Nation & World

    ‘We did all we could, but we could have done more’

    Accepting the Robert Coles “Call of Service” award at Harvard, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz reflected on the aftermath of deeply damaging Hurricane Maria.

    2 minutes
    San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz.
  • Nation & World

    Law students help to mend Puerto Rico

    A group of Harvard Law School students traveled to Puerto Rico over spring break to offer legal aid to local residents, who are still struggling to get disaster relief from the federal government, six months after Hurricane Maria.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Rock ’n’ roll recovery mission

    The Big 6, a cover band formed at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, is planning a concert to aid communities recovering from Hurricanes Harvey, Irene, and Maria.

    3 minutes