Tag: Immigrants

  • Nation & World

    There is more to Jeremy Lin than ‘Linsanity’

    NBA star and activist Jeremy Lin ’10 spoke to graduating seniors about how he’s come to see his identity as a barrier-breaking Asian American in a new light.

    8 minutes
    Jeremy Lin.
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    None if by sea

    Radcliffe fellow and former director of advocacy and communications for Doctors Without Borders helped rescue 77,000 Mediterranean immigrants over four years — until politicians shut down the operation.

    11 minutes
    MY Phoenix, a search and rescue ship and a Swedish coast guard ship rescue 450 people.
  • Nation & World

    Immigration, under the stage lights

    At Harvard, a Houghton Library exhibit showcases the influence of immigration on American theater.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Trials for a global university

    With travel to the United States temporarily banned from some Muslim-majority nations, Harvard officials and students are rallying to support members of the global University’s international community.

    8 minutes
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    Fear among some immigrants

    New pressures are expected on undocumented immigrants living in the United States.

    3 minutes
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    Measuring assimilation

    U.S. immigrants today are assimilating as quickly or quicker than past generations of immigrants, according to a study by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

    3 minutes
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    An advocate for others

    While at Harvard, Veronica Gloria ’15 worked to empower first-generation and Latino students like herself.

    3 minutes
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    The bridge to citizenship

    Two dozen participants in the Harvard Bridge Program who recently became U.S. citizens were lauded by Harvard President Drew Faust at the annual celebratory dinner.

    4 minutes
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    Beyond mourning

    Former Radcliffe fellow and Mexican-born journalist Alma Guillermoprieto founded an online altar to honor 72 Central Americans massacred in Mexico in summer 2010.

    4 minutes
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    The gifts of immigration

    Two Harvard researchers say that new U.S. residents, most of whom are young and nonwhite, reflect not just policy challenges, but an immense reservoir of social potential.

    5 minutes
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    Six Harvard students receive Soros Fellowships

    Six from Harvard University have been awarded 2011 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships.

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  • Nation & World

    Aid groups that make a difference

    The Harvard Community Gifts Giving Fair brought to campus many local organizations whose missions are helping those in need.

    5 minutes
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    Faust, student thank senator for help

    President Drew Faust and Eric Balderas ’13 paid a visit to Sen. Richard Durbin’s office on Capitol Hill Wednesday (Sept. 15) to express their gratitude for his support of the DREAM Act and his assistance in helping the Harvard student avoid deportation earlier this year.

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