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
HBS Launches Billion-Dollar Campaign
Funding an agenda of intellectual ambition, educational innovation, international reach, and more
President Faust broke ground at HBS for the new Chao Center
Family members and dignitaries broke ground for the new Chao Center at Harvard Business School.
Pershing Squares Ackman funds Harvard initiative
Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman and Karen Ackman donate $26 million.
Harvard Divinity School launches $50 million capital campaign
Its goal is $50 million.
Smith details campaign goals as tally passes $3.7 billion
In a report to the faculty, Dean Michael Smith details campaign aims and progress.
Kenneth C. Griffin gives Harvard $150 million, principally for financial aid
Kenneth C. Griffin ’89 jump-starts a major Harvard College campaign goal.
Daniel K. Ludwig Bequest Endows Study of Cancer's Resistance to Therapy
The Ludwig Cancer Research gift endows the study of resistance to therapy.
Harvard's larger fiscal 2013 deficit
A larger deficit and continuing Harvard financial challenges—amid fundraising and rising expenses
Harvard schools' campaign announcements
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, and Radcliffe Institute detail campaign goals
Harvard renews undergraduate houses, announces Winthrop House will close in 2016
Harvard will begin work in 2016, after assessing projects at Quincy, Leverett, and Dunster.