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A crowd of marchers carry signs that read "We need a fair raise"

HUCTW members rallied in front of the Smith Center last October, one of several similar demonstrations during the long negotiations process.
Photograph courtesy of Carrie Babash/HUCTW

News

A year-plus of hard-fought negotiations yield pay raises and other benefits for union members.

6.9.23

Katie Lapp

Katie Lapp
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC

After more than a decade, an institutional voice departs.

 

5.12.22

Beds were set up for Spanish flu patients outside the Harvard-affiliated Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in 1918.
Photograph courtesy of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Archives

Fall semester interrupted, a century ago

6.23.20

Then-Harvard president Drew Faust and Harvard Law School professor Annette Gordon-Reed unveiled a monument dedicated in 2017 to people enslaved by law school benefactor Isaac Royall Jr.

In 2017, then-Harvard president Drew Faust and Harvard Law School professor Annette Gordon-Reed unveiled a monument dedicated to people enslaved by law school benefactor Isaac Royall Jr.

Photograph by Jon Chase/Harvard Public Affairs and Communications

The president announces a $5-million initiative.

11.22.19

Cover of Harvard University 2019 annual financial report

The University discloses a sixth consecutive budget surplus—and details enormous changes in the endowment.

10.24.19

Portrait of Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean Claudine Gay

Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean Claudine Gay

Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC

Claudine Gay’s annual report to the faculty outlines broad goals—and challenging circumstances.

10.1.19

Courtesy of Harvard University Financial Administration

The annual financial report also documents endowment changes.

10.25.18

Harvard’s $9.62-billion fund drive

November-December 2018

New convening spaces now beckon on both sides of the Charles. Smith Campus Center, shown here, opens the former Holyoke Center to the street, and invites casual dining, study, hanging out, and performances.

Photograph by Jim Harrison

Smith Campus Center, Klarman Hall debut.

November-December 2018