University News

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

Five Questions with Peter R. Girguis

A Harvard professor of evolutionary biology on what lurks in the deep sea  

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard news: the Marathon bombing, earnings update, galvanizing gifts, and more

Harvard news: the Marathon bombing, earnings update, galvanizing gifts, primate-center closure, and more

New applications for massive open online courses at Harvard and beyond

A snapshot of new alliances in online education

An update on the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching

Highlights from the second University-wide Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching conference

Harvard Law School’s Wasserstein Caspersen Clinical center

Harvard Law School’s Wasserstein Caspersen Clinical center is a beautiful gathering space.

Harvard 2013 Commencement humor human interest

Commencement moments and people—pleasing, surprising, and funny

Harvard commencement speakers Greenhouse, Moore, Murad, Oprah et. all

Commencement addresses varied in tone and texture while serious rhetoric prevailed

Harvard 2013 honorary degrees

The University confers honorary degrees on six men and three women.

James E. Ryan named new Harvard Graduate School of Education dean

James E. Ryan to succeed Kathleen McCartney on September 1.

HarvardX Announces Fall Courses 2013

Online-education partnership with MIT offers full-length classes and shorter “modules” in several disciplines.

How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new reports

How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new faculty reports