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.
“We Urgently Must Do More”
Harvard introduces its Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability.
Harvard Divinity Dean Hempton to Step Down
Plans to depart at end of academic year
Hansjörg Wyss Gives $350 Million to Bioengineering Institute
The philanthropist makes a fourth gift to support basic and translational research.
Harvard Reports $406-Million Surplus, but Endowment Declines
The annual financial and endowment reports show the mixed effects of recovery from the pandemic.
Three Harvardians Awarded 2022 MacArthur "Genius" Grants
A mathematician, a chemist, and a professor of medicine who studies the health effects of incarceration
Ben S. Bernanke ’75 Shares Economics Nobel
Three scholars honored for work on banking and financial crises.
How the Brain Replays Actions During Sleep
Experiments using a neuroprosthetic reveal nocturnal motor neuron learning.
“We Will All Be Arguing”
Convocation and Morning Prayers messages about free speech and fruitful airing of differences
Giang Nguyen
The HUHS executive director’s public health background prepared him well for the pandemic.
Portraying Larry Summers
Celebrating the twenty-seventh president—and assessing his legacy