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...period have to take their finals in their host country. This means that students whose spring semesters abroad begin in January have to take their Harvard fall term exams in their new home—just days or weeks after arriving.“The Office of International Programs [OIP] believes that this issue could actually cause students to choose not to study abroad,” Kane said in an interview yesterday. “It’s been a problem for a while.”But starting next fall, professors will be allowed to provide...
...have been yearning to stargaze in the southern hemisphere, work in a lab in East Asia, or do cross-cultural research in Cape Town, a new initiative at Harvard may be the answer. On Nov. 27, the Faculty Committee on Education Abroad and the Office of International Programs (OIP) announced the start of a new study-abroad program—a fund that will allow professors who have designed undergraduate excursions into the outside world to realize their plans. For the Faculty Innovation Fund Grant, professors from a variety of disciplines were challenged to devise trips abroad for students...
Hong Kong meat markets met Harvard yesterday, as the Center for Government and International Studies became a showcase for images of students travels to locales near and far. Also featured in the second annual International Photo Contest and Exhibition, sponsored by the Office of International Programs (OIP), were photographs of scenes ranging from European fashion runways to Indian street markets. The diversity of the images on display clearly reflected the breadth of students’ experiences abroad. Each photo evoked an emotion, whether the exuberance of schoolchildren playing in a fountain or the awe of an expansive landscape. There were...
Harvard’s Office of International Programs (OIP) launched a Web database last month that will help undergraduates find grants to study abroad. The database, which is online at funding.fas.harvard.edu, could help Harvard move closer to achieving one of the goals set forth by the College’s Curricular Review last April. “Every Harvard College student should be expected to complete an international experience, defined as study, research, or work abroad” according to the summary of the Curricular Review’s principal recommendations that was released at the time. In the first...
...students returning from overseas readjust to American college life. While many students at Harvard and throughout the Boston area say studying abroad can be a rewarding experience in college, their return home and the process of reintegrating themselves can be challenging. Harvard’s Office of International Programs (OIP) held the fourth annual “Boston Area Study Abroad Reentry Conference,” which is hosted each year by a different local university. The conference, held at various locations on campus, drew about 220 students and attempted to help students alleviate these problems and ultimately move past...