Tag: Meena Hewett

  • Nation & World

    After Nepal quake, Harvard responds

    With Nepal struggling to grasp the enormous calamity caused by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck north of Kathmandu Saturday, Harvard is mobilizing to help with technical and medical assistance and reaching out to faculty, staff, and students visiting the region.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Shaping problem-solvers

    A Gen Ed course linked to the South Asia Institute takes an interdisciplinary approach to the region’s challenges.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The bright side of Pakistan

    A January conference in Pakistan on urbanization was the first of five in the region and a result of Harvard’s South Asia Institute’s growing work there.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Inside India’s pop-up city

    Every 12 years, the Kumbh Mela, a centuries-old Hindu pilgrimage, temporarily transforms an empty floodplain in India into one of the biggest cities in the world. This month, an interdisciplinary team of Harvard professors, students, and researchers set out to map the gathering for the first time.

    6 minutes