Tag: Salmaan Keshavjee

  • Nation & World

    New faculty deans at Adams House

    New faculty deans at Adams House, Mercedes Becerra and Salmaan Keshavjee, will begin July 1.

    4 minutes
    Salmaan Keshavjee and Mercedes Becerra.
  • Nation & World

    MOOCs on the move

    As MOOCs grow in influence and sophistication, they’re no longer simply reimagined in a Harvard classroom or even in a nearby studio. Recently, transforming a residential course — going digital via HarvardX — included filming in far-flung Rwanda and Haiti.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    In the end, Somali famine preventable

    Despite historical links to natural disasters, the modern world’s global food web means that famines today are created more by man than by nature. Officials say a famine just ending in Somalia was caused by a failure of international early warning systems and the local Al-Shabaab militia blocking food aid.

    5 minutes