University Finances
Reporting on Harvard’s budget, endowment, and financial strategy.
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Appoints a New Finance Dean
Warren Petrofsky joins at a crucial moment when the FAS is dealing with a $350 million deficit.
Harvard graduate students to receive lower stipend increases
Harvard limits stipend increases to 1.5 percent for the next academic year.
Harvard plans significant data science institute
Unveiling a University research initiative
Remaking Harvard Management Company
New leadership begins sweeping change, attempting to improve persistent underperformance.
Challenges to endowments and philanthropy
On the agenda: challenges to endowments and philanthropy
Harvard Law dean to depart and other news briefs
The Law School dean steps down, graduate-student union balloting, divestment, and more
Harvard Overhauls Endowment Management
Endowment staff to be reduced by half, and new senior personnel are appointed.
Harvard's annual financial report
The annual financial report celebrates current strengths, but cautions about a coming revenue squeeze.
More tumultuous Harvard labor relations
A strike, negotiations, and a vote on wages, benefits, and union recognition
Averting Strike, Janitors Reach Contract Agreement
Averting a second campus strike this semester
Harvard Reports Budget Surplus of $77 Million
Strong capital-campaign giving, tuition growth, and a slight increase in federal funding contribute to this year’s surplus.