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 Raj Chetty and Benjamin Warf Win 2012 MacArthur Grants

The Harvard economist and neurosurgeon are among 23 national winners

Harvard 2012 endowment return trails Stanford, Yale

Modestly stronger investment results at peer institutions

Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi gave a speech at Harvard's Kennedy School

The Burmese activist speaks at the Kennedy School.

2012 Harvard endowment results:value declines to $30.7 billion, return flat

Harvard Management Company reports on a challenging year.

Aung San Suu Kyi at Harvard

Connections to Cambridge, and the University's emerging engagement with Burma

Harvard governing board Jessica Mathews, Theodore Wells Jr.

The senior governing board reaches full membership, as envisioned in reforms announced in late 2010.

Class action complaint filed against harvard faculty club as waitstaff sue

Case is similar to the one filed against the Harvard Club of Boston that was recently settled for $4 million.

Harvard extension school dean shinagel retires

The former Quincy House master concludes a 44-year Harvard career.

Harvard professor finds new Christian gospel fragment refers to Jesus's wife

A papyrus fragment interpreted by Hollis professor Karen L. King quotes Jesus speaking of "my wife."

Chefs Joan and Jordi Roca speak at Harvard's Science and Cooking lecture series

Two top chefs combine molecular techniques with traditional Catalan cuisine.