University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard’s New Online Orientation Emphasizes Intellectual Paths
A summer course for first-years focuses on academic success, diverse viewpoints.
Harvard Fiscal Year 2024 Finances
Annual Harvard financial results, and a look at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ fisc and professoriate
Brief News around Harvard January-February 2025
Nobel honorands, institutional voice, civil discourse, Rhodes Scholars, and more
Harvard Library Protests and Free Speech
Balancing academic requirements and free speech, in a semester calm enough to permit more focus on Harvard’s core strengths—and questions of governance
The State of Harvard’s Arts and Sciences
The dean’s annual report, and other business, after a year of upheaval
Campus Unrest and Antisemitism: Harvard's Actions During the 2023-2024 Academic Year
Exhortations to civil discourse, training in how to talk together—and plenty of new campus rules
Arts and Sciences: Aspirations and Anxieties
Harvard faculty’s first meeting focuses on speech, governance, AI, and other concerns.
Antisemitism on Campus—And Beyond
Harvard Jewish Alumni Alliance’s summit
Harvard Class of 2028 Demographics Disclosed
A decline in African American enrollment after the Supreme Court ruling
Admissions after Affirmative Action
The composition of colleges’ incoming class after the Supreme Court ruling
Convocation 2024: The New Crew Redux
Welcoming the class of 2028 to a challenged Harvard