The following links may be helpful to students:

hhi.harvard.edu

The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) is a university-wide center based in Cambridge involving multiple entities within the Harvard academic and medical community. The Initiative combines expertise in public health, medicine, social science, and humanities to advance research, practice, and policy in the field of humanitarian assistance to populations affected by war and disaster.

 

fic.tufts.edu

The Feinstein International Center is based at Tufts University in the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and is affiliated with the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. From their Medford, MA campus, the Center strives to improve the lives and livelihoods of communities caught up in complex emergencies, war, and other crises. Their research focuses on the politics and policy of aiding the vulnerable, on protection and rights in crisis situations, and on the restoration of lives and livelihoods.

 

www.hsph.harvard.edu

The Harvard School of Public Health is a professional graduate school based in Boston whose mission is: to provide the highest level of education to public health scientists, practitioners, and leaders; to foster new discoveries leading to improved health for the people of this country and all nations; to strengthen health capacities and services for communities; and to inform policy debate, disseminate health information, and increase awareness of public health as a public good and fundamental right.

 

www.tufts.edu

Tufts University has nine schools and colleges, including seven graduate and professional schools. Tufts houses the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and The Fletcher School, both of whom are partners in the Inter-University Initiative on Humanitarian Studies and Field Practice.

 

nutrition.tufts.edu

The Tufts University Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy is based in Boston. It seeks to bring together biomedical, social, political, and behavioral scientists to conduct research, educational, and community-service programs to improve the nutritional health and well-being of populations throughout the world.

 

fletcher.tufts.edu

The Fletcher School at Tufts University is a professional graduate school of international affairs. Based in Medford, MA, it offers a broad program of professional education in international relations to a select group of graduate students committed to maintaining the stability and prosperity of a complex, challenging, and increasingly global society.

 

www.mit.edu

The mission of the Massachussets Institute of Technology is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.