Chile-Harvard partnership strong
Collaboration and cooperation were watchwords Thursday as Harvard celebrated its deep ties with Chile during the launch of a two-day seminar on that nation’s future. Participants hailed the contributions of Chilean scholars who’ve visited Cambridge, and the work of hundreds of Harvard faculty and students who’ve traveled south to learn and teach. Harvard President Drew Faust introduced the event, saying it represents what she’s trying to achieve at Harvard, with scholars thinking and cooperating across both disciplinary and geographical boundaries. A broad focus, she said, is an important way to bring new information and different approaches to bear on complex problems. Faust, who visited Santiago in 2011, said she witnessed there the global engagement of students and faculty who worked with local scholars on projects ranging from climate change to preschool education to earthquake recovery. The seminar, at the Center for Government and International Studies’ Tsai Auditorium, was organized by the David Rockefeller...