January 1, 2000

Harvard Then and Now: The Decade Detailed

Value of Endowment, Average Salaries, and other statistics; 1990 and 2000.

As humanities shrink across higher education, one department is flourishing. Is its success a fluke, or a roadmap?

A labor economist, an organic chemist, a physicist, and a memory researcher were honored with 2026 “genius” grants.

Small operating surplus is dwarfed by reduced federal research support and endowment tax liabilities.

The University is expanding industry ties and investing its own funds to support research, but neither will replace lost federal dollars.

Two tales of University greats—and an encounter with a Tiger

Harvard researchers investigate climate’s impact on cocoa crops, innovations in nasal vaccines, and links between pain and skull marrow.