University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Stand-Up to Simmer Down
In comedy groups, students find ways to be absurd, present, and a little less self-conscious.
by Nina Pasquini
Improving Harvard College and Graduate School Discipline
After the 2024 encampment, a Faculty of Arts and Sciences committee recommends changes.
by John S. Rosenberg
Increasing Access
President Alan M. Garber on enhancing financial aid and extending education beyond Harvard’s campus
by Alan M. Garber
Harvard Augments Financial Aid—and Girds for Austerity
Dean Hopi Hoekstra details Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ priorities.
by John S. Rosenberg
It’s Academic (and Other Harvard Concerns)
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences focuses on class attendance, grades—and wider worries about “uncomfortable” threats to academia.
by John S. Rosenberg
Arts and Engineering
The deans of arts and humanities and the school of engineering and applied sciences share their plans and priorities.
by Jonathan Shaw
Bill Gates on AI and Innovation
At Harvard, the Microsoft co-founder discusses his biography—and artificial intelligence.
by Olivia Farrar
“Hard Truths” about Harvard’s Classroom “Compact”
An Arts and Sciences committee raises anew questions about a Crimson education.
by John S. Rosenberg
Focus on Finances
Annual Harvard financial results, and a look at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ fisc and professoriate
by Jonathan Shaw , John S. Rosenberg
News in Brief
Nobel honorands, institutional voice, civil discourse, Rhodes Scholars, and more
“Study-Ins” and Studying
Balancing academic requirements and free speech, in a semester calm enough to permit more focus on Harvard’s core strengths—and questions of governance
by Max J. Krupnick , John S. Rosenberg