David Deming Announced as Harvard College Dean

Economist, Kirkland House faculty dean to succeed Rakesh Khurana

by Max J. Krupnick

It’s Academic (and Other Harvard Concerns)

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences focuses on class attendance, grades—and wider worries about “uncomfortable” threats to academia.

by John S. Rosenberg

Arts and Engineering

The deans of arts and humanities and the school of engineering and applied sciences share their plans and priorities.

by Jonathan Shaw

Bill Gates on AI and Innovation

At Harvard, the Microsoft co-founder discusses his biography—and artificial intelligence. 

by Olivia Farrar

“Hard Truths” about Harvard’s Classroom “Compact”

An Arts and Sciences committee raises anew questions about a Crimson education.

by John S. Rosenberg

Focus on Finances

Annual Harvard financial results, and a look at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ fisc and professoriate

by Jonathan Shaw , John S. Rosenberg

News in Brief

Nobel honorands, institutional voice, civil discourse, Rhodes Scholars, and more

“Study-Ins” and Studying

Balancing academic requirements and free speech, in a semester calm enough to permit more focus on Harvard’s core strengths—and questions of governance

by Max J. Krupnick , John S. Rosenberg

The State of Harvard’s Arts and Sciences

The dean’s annual report, and other business, after a year of upheaval

by John S. Rosenberg

Smooth Start

Exhortations to civil discourse, training in how to talk together—and plenty of new campus rules

by John S. Rosenberg

Arts and Sciences: Aspirations and Anxieties

Harvard faculty’s first meeting focuses on speech, governance, AI, and other concerns.

by John S. Rosenberg