University News

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

How AI Is Reshaping Supply Chains

Harvard Kennedy School lecturer on using AI to strengthen supply chains

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard mid-spring 2016 news briefs

A Supreme Court nominee, Spielberg at Commencement, the class of 2020, and more

Summaries of early-spring news from Harvard

Action against sexual assault, the Law School drops its shield, “Faculty Deans” now lead the Houses, and more

by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw , Marina N. Bolotnikova , Laura Levis

Harvard's contested 2016 Overseer election

Free Harvard/Fair Harvard and the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard square off in the Board of Overseers election.  

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard public health dean, museum director, more

A new dean for public health, a new director for the art museums, and more

Gene drives promise unprecedented human control of the environment

A technique for pushing genetic alterations through entire species of plants and animals may herald a future in which humans manage ecosystems through molecular biology.

by Jonathan Shaw

Toni Morrison concludes Norton Lecture series on race and literature

This week, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison concluded her Norton Lecture series on race and literature—and made a presidential endorsement.

by Sophia Nguyen

Author Michael Pollan speaks at Harvard about his journey as a writer

At Radcliffe, the author talks on nature, food, and altered states of consciousness.

by Laura Levis

Harvard acknowledges slave connections

A plaque begins an official acknowledgment of the University’s past.

by John S. Rosenberg

Title IX and the Critique of the Neoliberal University

The AAUP critiques the influence of “corporatization” on sexual-assault policy.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard Asian-American leadership

A coincidence of leadership at Harvard, at a contested moment

by John S. Rosenberg