University News

Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.

The School of Public Health, Facing a Financial Reckoning, Seizes the Chance to Reinvent Itself

Dean Andrea Baccarelli plans for a smaller, more impactful Chan School of 2030.

by Jonathan Shaw

Standing Out, United

Harvard affinity celebrations honor graduates’ diverse journeys. 

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Faculty Honors, and a Farewell

A changing of the guard, in Mass Hall and University Hall

by Jonathan Shaw

Radcliffe Parole Reform Panel Features Rapper

Rapper Meek Mill and three other formerly incarcerated panelists argue for parole reform.

by Max J. Krupnick

Harvey Mansfield’s Last Class

After 60 years on the faculty, Harvard’s famous conservative is retiring.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Horizons Spotlights Nine Scholars

Emerging doctoral research on COVID-19, military model villages, children at risk, and more

by Max J. Krupnick

Ken Griffin’s Naming Gift for the Graduate School

Prominent donor further supports Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

by Jonathan Shaw

Among the Brokenhearted

The ministry of Matthew Ichihashi Potts

by Nancy Walecki

Albanian Joins the Language Curriculum

Harvard is the only Ivy League institution to offer the rare European language.

by Suzana Vuljevic

President Will No Longer Chair Faculty Meetings

Larry Bacow reforms another Harvard tradition.

by John S. Rosenberg

How to Adapt to Climate Change

Lessons from Bangkok presented at the Harvard Graduate School of Design

by Jonathan Shaw