University Finances

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

Jack Reardon and Walter Cabot, Remembered

Plus, veteran higher education leader Thomas Ehrlich reflects on university curricula for his 70th reunion

by Primus VI

Harvard Management Company overhauls endowment

Harvard Management Company makes extensive changes to enhance investment performance.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard arts and sciences faculty growth

Constrained growth in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard fall 2015 news briefs

Medical dean stepping down, Rhodes and Marshall scholars, more conservative Winthrop House addition, and more

Harvard endowment undergoes sweeping change

Harvard Management CEO Stephen Blyth details dramatic changes in endowment investing.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Global Institute

Harvard’s new approach to international research

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Medical School dean Jeffrey Flier steps down

A transition at medicine, and at public health

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard 2015 financial results

A modest surplus, research-funding worries, tuition gains, the capital campaign, and the endowment 

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Law School Launches $305 Million Campaign for Third Century

In an increasingly global context, “advancing justice” is the theme for the school’s third century.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard 2015 endowment returns lag

As a 5.8 percent return boosts the endowment to $37.6 billion, changes aim to address persistent underperformance.

by John S. Rosenberg