Our summer school program participant Stephanie Kai (’28) shares her experience taking two Harvard courses in Shanghai.
Our Impact
The Harvard China Fund supports scholarship and academic exchange between Harvard and Chinese researchers, with projects ranging from collaboration on China’s disabilities system to cutting edge research on climate change, partnerships focused on modernizing China’s medical system, and legal reform.
Fieldwork Reimagined: Insights from the Landscape Colloquium
Gareth Doherty, an Associate Professor at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, received a Faculty Conference Grant to host a colloquium surrounding Landscape Architecture at Harvard Center Shanghai in 2024. The colloquium has played an essential role in facilitating cross-cultural communications as well as promoting fieldwork practices in the field of Landscape Architecture.
Stories
From student internships and summer school to faculty grants supporting cross-cultural academic exchange and U.S.-China collaboration, Harvard China Fund is working to promote dialogue and deeper U.S.-China understanding.
Jacob Friedman ’28, our 2025 research assistantship program participant, finds it quite easy to tick off “bucket list checkboxes” when working with a scientific team this past summer.
Kelly Bokoum ’27, our 2025 internship program participant, discovers a different China from the textbooks this past summer.
Scientific Collaboration and New Perspectives: My Transformative Summer Research Experience in China
Mirika Jambudi, our 2025 research assistantship program participant, reflects on her growth and cherishes connections made along the way.
Chloe Zhan ’28, our 2025 internship program participant, shares with us her observations of the rapid changes in China in recent years.
July 17, 2025 In May 2025, a team from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University completed a 16-day visit to China, deepening international partnerships in botanical research and conservation. Supported by the Harvard China Fund, the Arboretum hosted a conference and field excursion for the North American China Plant Exploration Consortium (NACPEC). This trip served