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
Harvard: The Mix Tape
The Undergraduate contemplates cassettes and semesters.
by Kathryn C. Reed
Addressing a Decline in Humanities Enrollment
How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new faculty reports
Oprah: Setting Your “Inner Moral GPS”
Oprah Winfrey, Drew Faust, and Harvard events on Commencement afternoon
Hugs All Around
Commencement morning exercises at Harvard
Soledad O’Brien: Don’t Take Advice
At Harvard College Class Day, the CNN special correspondent urges the Class of 2013 to follow their own paths.
The Right Way to Honor Veterans
Harvard’s president, in ROTC address, urges better understanding between civilians and their military.
Harvard College Dean Evelynn Hammonds Steps Down
An abrupt transition at the end of a challenging academic year
Mapping Gangs, and an App for Artists
Student-led teams Nucleik and MUSEY win Harvard challenges.
New Vice President for Harvard Library
Sarah Thomas of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries named to new post.
New Masters of Pforzheimer House
Scholars Anne Harrington and John Durant step into their new roles in the fall.