Creepy Crawlies and Sticky Murder Weapons at Harvard

In the shadows of Singapore’s forests, an ancient predator lies in wait—the velvet worm.

by Olivia Farrar

Sexual Assault Report Calls For Harvard Campus Culture Change

The report urges annual prevention training for faculty and students, more funding, and changes in final clubs. 

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Law School Committee Recommends Abandoning Shield Linked to Slavery

The recommendation follows three months of investigation into the shield’s history. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard capital campaign nears $6.5-billion goal

Now comes the harder part: fulfilling under-funded priorities.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Files Amicus Brief with NLRB in Graduate Student Unionization Case

The University argues that the relationship between graduate students and universities should remain academic, not managerial, and student labor unions would “damage private sector graduate education.”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

The animal law conundrum: when are creatures "things”?

Animal law takes hold at Harvard Law School.

by Cara Feinberg

Susan Dunn reviews Jefferson biography by Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf

Thomas Jefferson's “fractal” view of American self-governance

by Susan Dunn

Harvard spring 2016 news briefs

Shirley Tilghman on the Corporation, Jane Yellen at Radcliffe, encouraging entrepreneurs, aiming at endowments, and more

Harvard Kennedy School campus construction

Building capacity, literally, at the public-policy campus

Michelle Williams appointed Harvard public health dean

A faculty member and alumna becomes a leader in Longwood.

by John S. Rosenberg

Graduate School Doubles Paid Time Off for Student Parents

The annnouncement comes amid a movement to form a graduate student labor union. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova