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
Rhodes List Adds Two
Zimbabwe winners boost Harvard’s 2013 scholars total to nine.
Seven Harvard Students Win Rhodes Scholarships
Seven Yale students, two each from Cornell and Stanford, and one from Brown also honored.
Kick-Starting Harvard House Renewal
Glenn Hutchins ’77, J.D.-M.B.A. ’83, co-chair of FAS campaign, makes a $30-million gift.
Writers and Artists at Harvard
Helen Vendler on how to welcome and nurture the poets and painters of the future
A Victory—and a Campaign
In the dean's annual report for 2012, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences achieves a budget goal—and sketches its ambitions
Brevia
Harvard news: Graduate School dean Xiao-Li Meng, Marc Hauser, University Professor Eric Maskin, and more
Investigating Academic Misconduct
The College investigates more than 100 students in an exam-cheating case—and explores broader teaching and learning concerns
Classroom in the Cloud
Harvard begins massive online courses through its edX venture with MIT and Berkeley, aiming to improve education on and beyond campus
Arts and Sciences: Better Budget, Burgeoning Ambitions
Dean Michael Smith's annual report to the faculty
Harvard Library Leaders Discuss Reorganization, New Portal
Internal “services-held-in-common” organization and single point of online entry to the library are unveiled.