University News

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

Harvard Scholars Discuss Venezuela After Maduro

A Harvard Kennedy School panel unpacks the nation’s oil sector, economy, and democratic hopes.

by Olivia Farrar

SEAS dean Cherry Murray fosters strategic planning

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences develops a 10-year strategic plan.

The endowment’s swoon

A status report on the state of the endowment

Harvard FAS financial update

An early-semester financial talk by the dean

Start-of-year address by Harvard president Faust

President Faust opens the academic year with a State of the University address.

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences academic progress, financial problems

Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith outlines academic progress and details financial problems in his 2009 annual report.

Harvard Suffers Billions More in Losses

The endowment, the University's cash accounts, large swap losses, and more.

HSPH Professor Stephen Lagakos Killed in Car Accident

Professor of biostatistics Stephen Lagakos joined the faculty more than 30 years ago.

Articles about John Adams, Larry Summers, and The Elms at DePauw University

Recent articles from the New Yorker and the New York Times feature people with Harvard connections.

Nobel Peace Prize Obama

President Barack Obama, a Law School alumnus, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, particularly for his work on nuclear weapons.

Szostak Nobel prize in medicine

Jack W. Szostak, a geneticist at Harvard Medical School, is one of three co-winners of the 2009 prize.