University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Trump Administration Appeals Order Restoring $2.7 Billion in Funding to Harvard
The appeal, which had been expected, came two days before the deadline to file.
Harvard to resume expansion in Allston with stem cell science building, housing
Harvard will build housing and resume construction of a science building, submitting a new Institutional Master Plan by October.
Summer Harvard construction: Fogg Art Museum, Tata Hall, Quincy House
Summer construction—on the Fogg Art Museum, the Business School’s Tata Hall, Old Quincy, and more—renews the campus.
Xiao-Li Meng is the new dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The statistics professor succeeds Allan Brandt.
Harvard Files Amicus Brief in University of Texas Supreme Court Diversity Case
The University, joined by 13 peers, files an amicus brief on behalf of the University of Texas, emphasizing the educational and social value of diversity.
Fareed Zakaria, international affairs commentator, penalized for plagiarism
The 2012 Commencement speaker used excerpts from a Harvard professor’s New Yorker article.
Harvard Design School program imagines cities within an ecological context
A new GSD concentration uses an ecological perspective to imagine cities.
Harvard women's rugby named varsity sport
Strong club team begins varsity play in 2013-2014
Harvard Library's new organization launched August 1 with few layoffs
The large number of early retirements has minimized layoffs.
Harvard's baseball coach Joe Walsh dies suddenly at 58
He coached for the past 17 seasons and won five Ivy League championships.
The Harvard College Europe Program launches
A new College program lets students experience European answers to the challenges of the modern world.