University News

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

Stand-Up to Simmer Down

In comedy groups, students find ways to be absurd, present, and a little less self-conscious.

by Nina Pasquini

Sanctions Scrutinized

Broadening the debate on Harvard’s single-gender social organizations

by Jonathan Shaw

Trends in Harvard’s Hiring and Promotion of Women and Minority Faculty

Progress reported on gender, but with notable areas of concern remaining for some minority hires

by Jonathan Shaw

Sanctions Truce

Détente in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as more voices will be heard  

by John S. Rosenberg

Changes to Social-Club Sanctions Possible

A faculty committee will make recommendations to change or revise the policy.

by Jonathan Shaw

Anti-Trump Protest Kicks Off Spring Semester

Day one back on campus, and Harvard students are already pushing back against the new Trump administration. Here are some of the changes they're hoping to see at Harvard.

by Oset Babür

Harvard’s Economic Diversity Problem

A new analysis reveals the skewed population of elite colleges. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Sanctions Complications

Difficult choices in applying the new College policy on final clubs and other single-gender social organizations

by John S. Rosenberg

College Admits 14.5 Percent of Early Action Applicants

Harvard briefly abandoned early action a decade ago. Now, the admissions dean says the program is the “new normal.”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Final-Club Fissures

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences remains sharply divided about sanctions and multiple, conflicting goals.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard’s Essential Values “In These Unsettling Times”

President Drew Faust addresses the faculty on undocumented students, research funding, endowments in a new era

by John S. Rosenberg