University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Roche to Be Tenant in Allston
First lease for Harvard’s commercial enterprise zone
Seeing Allston Whole
Residents seek a more comprehensive vision and plan for Harvard’s development aspirations.
Penny Pritzker Gives $100 Million for New Harvard Economics Facility
Landmark support for an eminently strong department
Harvard’s Commercial Campus Comes into Focus
Tishman Speyer details its Allston plans.
Allston expansion, admissions litigation, center for cities
Bigger Allston ambitions, an admissions-lawsuit appeal, and a new center for cities
LEED Platinum and ILFI recognition for Science and Engineering Complex
Harvard leveraged construction of its new Science and Engineering Complex to remove harmful chemicals from building-materials supply chains.
A Vision for Post-Pandemic Harvard
Taking stock of a pandemic year, President Bacow sketches how Harvard might change—and where it will not.
Allston Research Campus Takes Form
Tishman Speyer details the first phase of the “enterprise research campus”—and points to a doubling of the project’s ultimate size.
A pandemic spring semester, policing reform, and more
Reports on the pandemic spring semester, policing reform, Allston enlargement, and cell-manufacturing
Harvard’s new Science and Engineering Complex
A new center for engineering and applied sciences—finally
How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Fall semester interrupted, a century ago
by Matteo Wong