About HUMAs: Harvard University Mexican Association of Students

The Harvard University Mexican Association of Students groups students, faculty, workers and researchers from Mexico currently at Harvard as well as Harvard residents interested in Mexico.

Founded in the 1990's, HUMAS has promoted Mexico's presence at Harvard through a myriad of activities such as conferences, seminars, as well as as social and cultural activities.

HUMAs is also a bond with organisms affiliated to Harvard in Mexico such as Fundación México en Harvard, Club México en Harvard y Harvard Alumni Mexico.

HUMAs BYLAWS

Welcome to HUMAs

by Roberto on January 7, 2011

Dear HUMA Community:

We decided to revamp the website in order to be able to update the page more rapidly and to have a better interaction with the social networks that enable us to communicate with the community at-large. We hope you like it!

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Mexico through the lens of its leaders: Salomón Chertorivski

by Jose Luis on November 14, 2011 0 Comments

"The Mexican Health System: Challenges and Opportunities".

Salomón Chertorivski. Mexican Minister of Health

(October 28th).

Fundacion Aguirre

by Roberto on April 19, 2011 0 Comments

On January 27, 2011 seven students from Harvard University presented their research and ideas to Mexican entrepeneurs from Latipnet that were visiting MIT and Boston. Click on the link to see the rest of the pictures!

México, Adelante

by Paola on February 19, 2011 0 Comments

What are the main challenges in Mexico for our generation?

What is our role in fostering change? What are our proposals?

Students from different universities in the Boston/Cambridge are focusing on developing responses to the challenges that Mexico is facing. We consider that the next couple of years are crucial for the success (or failure) of our country.

In response to this uneasiness, México, Adelante is collaborative initiative led by HUMAs, Mexican students from Harvard, Tufts, MIT, and Babson, and Harvard Club de México. Through discussion spaces and student led projects, we seek to maximize our positive impact in Mexico, now and in the future. Our goal is to construct creative and inclusive solutions to address our nation’s biggest challenges.

México, Adelante will be a series of events during 2011 including talks, workshops and round tables sometimes with guest speakers from our country, some others with students ...

Social Development & Music

by Paola on February 3, 2011 0 Comments

What is the role of music in education?

Do you want to learn about the music education policies and initiatives that are currently implemented by multinational organizations in the region?

HUMAs gladly celebrates and joins Enrique Marquez's effort in putting together this coming event:

"Social Development Through Music Education:

The Role of Multinational Organizations"

Thursday, February 10 · 5:30pm - 7:00pm

Free and open to the public

Tsai Auditorium, Center for Government and International Studies-South

1730 Cambridge Street

Cambridge, MA

Enrique Marquez is a very active graduate student in the School of Education (GSE), and jointly with the Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies is organizing this panel discussion with the following guest speakers:

José Cuesta, Senior Economist, World Bank
Silvia Oteyza, Director, Social Sustainability, Andean Development Corporation

Luis Simón, Culture and Development Foundation, Inter American Development Bank
Mariano Vales, Coordinator, Music Program, Organization of American States ...

Senator Santiago Creel @ HKS

by Paola on January 27, 2011 0 Comments

Senator Creel visited last January 13th the Kennedy School of Government. This space was a great opportunity to discuss some relevant topics in the legislative agenda of Mexico, and to know the position and initiatives of Senator Creel.

Santiago Creel Miranda (Ciudad de México, Distrito Federal; 11 de diciembre de 1954) es abogado y miembro del Partido Acción Nacional. Su carrera inició como abogado independiente, consejero ciudadano del Instituto Federal Electoral de 1994 a 1996, posteriormente fue diputado federal de 1997 a 2000 hasta ser designado Secretario de Gobernación del gobierno de Vicente Fox de 1 de diciembre de 2000 a 1 de junio del 2005. Fue electo senador y asumió el cargo el 1 de septiembre de 2006.