University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Five Questions with Javier Ortega-Hernández
A professor of evolutionary biology on what shaped life more than 500 million years ago
New Harvard deans, leadership, and more
New deans, Overseers’ leaders, retiring arts impresario, and more
Harvard Cambridge Scholars
Studying abroad
Dream Renovations to Harvard Yard Libraries
An ambitious plan for the next century of learning
Harvard Campus Disruptions
Addressing bias and hatred, challenging governance, reacting to protest, and trying to find a way forward
Harvard's Tumultuous 2023-2024 School Year Ends in Protests
Harvard’s tumultuous year ends in modified festival rites, amid passionate protests.
A New Norton Anthology of World Literature Reimagines the Global Literary Tradition
A new Norton Anthology, edited by Harvard’s Martin Puchner, reimagines the global literary tradition.
Harvard Alumni Day with Courtney B. Vance
Protest interruptions and a call to do “the right thing”
Heads of the Parade
And a precedent-setting eightieth Harvard reunion
Harvard Considers Request to Rename Winthrop House
Harvard’s process for considering denaming requests is tested for the first time.
When Harvard Should—And Shouldn’t—Speak
A final report from the faculty working group on institutional neutrality