University News


A Harvard Agenda Shaped by Speech

The work underway in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

by John S. Rosenberg

Dialogue, not Debate

American University’s Lara Schwartz, J.D. ’98, teaches productive disagreement.

by Max J. Krupnick

“Carving Out Time”

A monumental exhibit of woodblock prints from the Harvard Art Museums

by Nina Pasquini

Universities in Public Debates

Institutional position-taking at Harvard and in higher education

by Jonathan Shaw

Back to the Bond Market

Harvard’s new borrowings foretell ambitious new building programs.

by John S. Rosenberg

John Manning Appointed Interim Provost

Harvard Law School dean moves to central administration

Kevin Young Named 2024 Harvard Arts Medalist

Museum director and poet to be honored April 24

by John S. Rosenberg

The State of Black America

Harvard African American scholars take stock of a difficult moment. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Threats Foreign and Domestic

Joseph Nye discusses geopolitics and Harvard’s challenges.

by Lydialyle Gibson

The Interim President’s Agenda

Alan Garber on campus speech, academics, and his other Harvard priorities

by John S. Rosenberg

Inside Harvard’s Taylor Swift Class

An English course pairs the music with Willa Cather, William Wordsworth, and Dolly Parton.

by Nina Pasquini