University Finances

Reporting on Harvard’s budget, endowment, and financial strategy.

Harvard’s Endowment, Donations Rise—but the University Runs a Deficit

The annual financial report signals severe challenges to come.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Medical School names George Daley dean

Stem-cell scientist to lead school. 

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard House renewal gains and challenges

Three projects in, some physical and financial assessments

by John S. Rosenberg

News briefs: summer 2016

Chao Center, a Law School alumnus as vice-presidential nominee, sexual-assault lexicon, Gen Ed transition, and more

How Harvard might explain itself to the world

How Harvard might better explain itself to faculty, friends, and the world at large

by John S. Rosenberg

Prospects for decline in Harvard endowment

The risk that the University’s principal revenue engine might stall

by John S. Rosenberg

Stephen Blyth resigns from Harvard endowment management

As Harvard Management Company is in transition, its CEO, who had been on medical leave, resigns.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard fundraiser O’Neil A. S. Outar departs

A change in a senior Harvard fundraising role

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard’s endowment examined

Congressional inquiry reveals insights into Harvard's endowment-management costs, financial aid, and other schools' policies.

by John S. Rosenberg

Final clubs, conflicts of interest, improving writing, and more

Final-club sanctions, a new Corporation member, medical conflicts of interest, MIT capital campaign, and improving student writing

by John S. Rosenberg , Marina N. Bolotnikova , Aidan Langston

News briefs: late spring 2016

Slaves at Harvard, an early-childhood education initiative at HGSE, Air Force ROTC returns, climate change, the Extension School, and more