Haitian Earthquake

Humanity for Haiti

Haiti needs international aid to obtain clean water and mitigate the cholera outbreak.

By Nicole Dussault | Jan 16 09:28 pm ET

Researchers, SEAS dean look to reduce earthquake risk

After last year's earthquake in Haiti, Columbia researchers are working with the Dominican Republic to analyze the country’s infrastructure.

By Jackie Carrero | Feb 9 03:28 am ET

Maison Française hosts trilingual speak-out for Haiti

On Friday night, La Maison Française hosted a Read-In/Speak-Out on Haiti, and organizers of the event say that the timing of this effort—months after the disaster—is key.

By Andrea Garcia-Vargas | Mar 6 10:46 am ET

Haiti, “Security,” and Public Health

Classifying Haitians as violent through policy and practice limits the capacity that community leaders can build infrastructure in the country and reproduces racialized depictions of black political resistance.

By Edna Bonhomme | Feb 3 09:31 pm ET

When disaster strikes

There is something inherently flawed with the way we approach wide-scale disasters—from the earthquake in Haiti to the humanitarian tragedy that resulted from the incursion into Gaza last January.

By Rhonda Shafei | Jan 27 10:09 pm ET

Hope for Haiti, at home and abroad

Marie-Olene is one of the many children that brings me to tears regularly and compel me to do as much as I can to help. Since I’ve returned, people have repeatedly asked me a variation of the question, “What should I do?”

By Gabrielle Apollon | Jan 27 09:24 pm ET

Haiti in context: Reactions from a recent medical volunteer

When my dad and I decided to go to Haiti, we never dreamed we would leave just days before a devastating earthquake struck.

By Sallie Wilson | Jan 25 08:56 pm ET

Watching and helping from afar

Feeling the tragedy from home, a Columbia student reflects.

By Fignola Alexandre | Jan 21 11:13 pm ET

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