University News

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

A portrait of Harvard faculty member Willy Shih

Five Questions with Willy Shih

A Harvard Business School professor unpacks the economics of semiconductors.

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard Management Company president and CEO Jane Mendillo

2011 Harvard endowment results: value rises $4.4 billion to $32 billion

A "strong" investment performance in a year of robust markets—but with warnings about current conditions

Radcliffe Institute dean search is launched, Drew Faust announces

Nominations are solicited, and an advisory committee is named.

From a vantage point south of Western Avenue in Allston, looking northeast toward Harvard Square, the unfinished science complex dominates the foreground. Beyond it lie athletic fields that may yield to expansion by the School of Public Health, the Graduate School of Education, or other academic enterprises. A business “enterprise research campus” is envisioned south of Western Avenue, across from the high-rise graduate-student housing at One Western Avenue.

Allston work team recommendations endorsed by Harvard Corporation

A multiyear process of planning, community engagement, and prospective development is outlined.

Matthew Nock

Five Harvard MacArthur winners

Professors Fryer, Greiner, and Nock, and graduates Gang and Miles are awarded $500,000 fellowships.

John Lithgow

John Lithgow talks on the arts to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

The actor talks on the arts to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Ruth Simmons

Brown president Ruth Simmons retires

An Ivy League transition

From left: Nancy Knowlton and Sandra Steingraber

Alumnae Nancy Knowlton and Sandra Steingraber win Heinz awards for environment

Scientist Nancy Knowlton and author Sandra Steingraber recognized

Harvard experts on testosterone, fathering

Harvard experts on how behavior changes physiology

Yale adds second ROTC chapter

Air Force training to be offered on campus

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren to announce her candidacy for the 2012 U.S. Senate race

The Harvard Law School professor will announce her candidacy for the Massachusetts Democratic Party's nomination for the seat now held by Scott Brown.