Science & Technology

Harvard Files Brief in Federal Funding Case

The government also opens an investigation into financial aid awards to Chinese students.

by Jonathan Shaw

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

Harvard College Outlines Fall Residence and Teaching Option

Dean Claudine Gay outlines “minimal,” “moderate,” and “full” residential scenarios, and the hurdles that have to be overcome.

by John S. Rosenberg

Searching for a COVID-19 vaccine

The when and how of vaccines

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Will Guarantee Staff Pay and Benefits Past June 28

“[W]e will not be pursuing any furloughs or layoffs of our employees at this time,” executive vice president Katie Lapp wrote in an email. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard’s COVID-19 lessons, and new challenges

What Harvard has already learned from the pandemic—and strategic challenges to come

Harvard’s VirScan exposes viral vulnerabilities

A serological test may reveal the COVID-19 virus’s weaknesses—and expose its strategic decoys.

by Bennett McIntosh

Massachusetts Hall at 300

Harvard’s oldest building at 300

by John S. Rosenberg