University Finances


Climate-Solutions Investments Exceed 1 Percent of Endowment Assets

Harvard Management Company’s fourth annual climate report

by Jonathan Shaw

COVID-19 and the Graduate Student Union

“When times are tough, there comes to be this real question of who is forced to bear the cost.”  

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard Projects $750-Million Revenue Shortfall in Next Academic Year

Executive vice president Katie Lapp details losses from research funding and executive education.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard’s Endowment to Go “Greenhouse-Gas Neutral” by 2050

The announcement is not the same as fossil-fuel divestment, though it comes amid months of intensified activism calling for divestment. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences Freezes Faculty Hiring

Dean Gay outlines near-term actions—and “the definition of a hard problem” facing the FAS.

by John S. Rosenberg

How Harvard’s Professional Schools Will Cope with the Economic Crisis

Deans articulate their diverse faculties’ divergent priorities (and problems)—plus an MIT perspective

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Announces Salary, Hiring Freezes and Other Spending Cuts

University belt-tightening announced, plus further information on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences—and higher education

by John S. Rosenberg

The Campus, Quieted

The sudden dispersal from Cambridge and Boston, Commencement postponed, and the looming financial consequences

by John S. Rosenberg

The Financial Fallout

Barely a decade after the 2008 crisis and Great Recession, new challenges loom. An early assessment of the University’s strengths this time

by John S. Rosenberg

The Black…and the Red

An analysis of the annual financial report, and of Harvard Management Company’s transformation

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Explores Slavery Connections Further

The president announces a $5-million initiative.

by John S. Rosenberg