University News

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

Five Questions with Willy Shih

A Harvard Business School professor unpacks the economics of semiconductors.

by Olivia Farrar

Diabetes treatment discovery by Harvard scientists Douglas Melton and Peng Yi

Hormone found by Harvard's Melton and Yi has the potential to change the way type 2 diabetes is treated

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study announces Knafel Center and Fund

A $10.5-million gift supports Radcliffe programs that convene faculty from across the University.

Harvard Medical School to close primate research center

Harvard Medical School announced that it would discontinue the controversial facility

Harvard faculty expertise on terrorism

Faculty expertise on terrorist behavior, from the magazine's archives

Harvard College proposes modified honor code

How Harvard College might adapt academic-integrity expectations for students

Harvard Undergraduates Honoring Veterans place flags in front of Memorial Hall

Student organization honors first-ever Veterans Mental Health Awareness Week.

Harvard news: Oprah Winfrey, Cass R. Sunstein, College costs, and more

Harvard news: Oprah at Commencement, Cass R. Sunstein, College admissions and costs, union contract, quiz-show titles overturned, sustainable-investing vice president, and more

Harvard fundraising needs and competition

The University approaches a public fundraising drive

Martin Puchner, author and professor of drama and of English

The English professor has already written three books and edited the 6,000-page third edition of the Norton Anthology of World Literature.

Harvard's edX venture: growth and challenges

A first-year report on HarvardX and edX, the online-education partnership with MIT