University News

Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.

Harvard quarterback evading a defender during a football game.

Sign of the Times: Harvard Quarterback Jaden Craig Will Play for TCU

Out of eligibility for the Crimson, the star entered the transfer portal.  

by Dick Friedman

Oprah Winfrey accepts the W.E.B Du Bois Medal for the late writer and activist Maya Angelou.

Harvard honors eight including Oprah Winfrey with W.E.B Du Bois Medal

The medal is the University's highest honor in the field of African and African American studies.

by Laura Levis

Christine Heenan

Harvard's Christine Heenan leaves for Gates Foundation

Harvard’s communications vice president moves to Gates Foundation.

Dean Julio Frenk (left), Ali Ülker (middle), and Gökhan S. Hotamisligil (right). Ülker was presented with a picture of HSPH’s founders: George Whipple, William Sedgwick, and Milton Rosenau.

$24-Million HSPH Gift supports research into metabolic diseases such as diabetes

Gift establishes the Ülker Center for Nutrient, Genetic, and Metabolic Research.

Master class by Stephanie Sandler on an Osip Mandelstam poem

Professor Stephanie Sandler teaches Osip Mandelstam's "Wasps," and the power of listening.

by Sophia Nguyen

William Deresiewicz (left) and his host, Mahindra Humanities Center director Homi K. Bhabha

William Deresiewicz tackles “Twenty Questions” at Harvard

At Harvard, the Ivy League critic faces faculty and student interlocutors.

by Olivia Munk

Stephen Blyth

Harvard Management Company names Stephen Blyth new president and CEO

Stephen Blyth succeeds Jane L. Mendillo at Harvard Management Company.

Harvard endowment rises to $36.4 billion

After a 15.4 percent investment return, the losses sustained in the 2008 financial crisis are nearly recouped.

Dean James Ryan speaks to the more than 1,300 attendees at the HGSE campaign launch, held under a tent in Radcliffe Yard.

Harvard education school's $250-million capital campaign

Harvard aims to “learn to change the world” at a moment of crisis and promise in schooling.

Harvard arts sciences deanship endowed

The Edgerleys’ campaign gifts recognized

Entrepreneur Peter Thiel (left) and professor of business administration William A. Sahlman discuss the power of monopolies at an event in Burden Hall.

PayPal Co-founder Peter Thiel Talks Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School

Paypal co-founder and venture capitalist offers contrarian business views in a talk at Harvard Business School.