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

Harvard's edX venture: growth and challenges

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

HBS marks 50 years of women with the W50 summit

The two-day W50 summit focused on closing the gender gap.

TED creator Richard Saul Wurman to speak at GSD

The TED conference creator will address degree candidates on Class Day.

More Harvard E-mail investigations disclosed

Fallout from cheating investigation widens as additional reviews of a resident dean’s accounts are reported to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Harvard College admission rate falls to 5.8 percent

Admissions rate edges down slightly—in Cambridge and throughout the Ivy League.

"The House I Live In" examines the link between American drug laws and poverty.

The House I Live In examines the link between American drug laws and poverty.

Harvard College 2013-2014 term bill increases 3.5 percent

Financial-aid budget rises 5.8 percent, to $182 million

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Anthony Lewis Dies at 85

The former New York Times columnist and author defended and celebrated the First Amendment.

Boston approves Harvard's Campus Services move to Allston

BRA unanimously approves Harvard’s plan.

Harvard e-mail investigation: further fallout

Fallout continues from review of deans’ messages during academic-misconduct investigation.