University Finances

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

Sam Liss to Head Harvard’s Office for Technology Development

Technology licensing and corporate partnerships are an important source of revenue for the University.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard financial losses extend beyond the endowment

The Harvard University Financial Report for fiscal year 2009 documents losses not previously detailed.

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences annual decanal report

Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith presents his annual report.

Harvard libraries under pressure

The University's financial crisis is exacerbating existing problems in expanding, coordinating, and technologically improving the collections.

Harvard FAS eases budget contraints slightly

A bit of breathing room for compensation, graduate students, and the library system.

Harvard delays Allston construction, campus development

The University will halt construction on its Allston science complex, and—significantly—revisit plans for campus development more broadly.

Harvard faculty retirement offers

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences and four professional schools offer incentives for senior professors to plan their retirements.

Harvard library system faces restructuring

The intellectually extraordinary but decentralized system needs administrative, financial, and technological reorganization, according to the Task Force on University Libraries.

The endowment’s swoon

A status report on the state of the endowment

Harvard FAS financial update

An early-semester financial talk by the dean

Start-of-year address by Harvard president Faust

President Faust opens the academic year with a State of the University address.