Science & Technology

Phi Beta Kappa Speakers Call Out a ‘Deeply Troubling’ Moment

Former Harvard President Lawrence Bacow and poet Meghan O’Rourke urge graduates to focus on character and “radical attention.”

by Lydialyle Gibson

Could COVID-19 Transform U.S. Education?

A conversation on the crisis and its outcomes with the Graduate School of Education’s Paul Reville 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

First-Year International Students Won't Be Allowed on Campus This Fall

Federal visa restrictions will prevent freshman international students from living in the United States. 

Active Duty in a Pandemic

Harvard affiliates aid the Defense Department's response to COVID-19 in New York.

by Matteo Wong

Harvard MIT Sue U.S. Government Over International Students Directive

Attack U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement directive

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Allows 40 Percent of Undergraduates Return Fall Semester

Freshmen and others on campus this fall, seniors in spring; plus calendar changes, no change in cost of attendance, and other details released

by John S. Rosenberg

College Yield Drops 3 Percent Since COVID-19

Some students have deferred their enrollment to next year. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard fall plans informed by other northeastern colleges

Fall academic plans from four different New England institutions—and what Harvard faces

by John S. Rosenberg

How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Fall semester interrupted, a century ago

by Matteo Wong

Choices challenges facing Harvard approaching fall

The choices and challenges facing the University and the Harvard community

by John S. Rosenberg

The Pandemic’s Economic Fallout

How the COVID-19 economic crisis has been fundamentally different from past recessions

by Matteo Wong