University News

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

At Harvard College Convocation, an Emphasis on Open-Mindedness

Garber, other leaders sidestep politics but welcome international students.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard learning and teaching innovations

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

Korean rapper and YouTube star PSY speaks at Harvard

The Korean-born rapper is a social media superstar.

Blood protein found in young mice reverses age-related heart failure in old mice

A protein that circulates in the blood of young mice reverses cardiac hypertrophy in old mice.

Harvard education school interim dean Richard Murnane

He succeeds Kathleen McCartney, who will become president of Smith.

Harvard professors at faculty meeting express wariness about governance

Harvard professors suggest administrative concerns override academic considerations.

Soledad O’Brien Named Harvard College Class Day Speaker

The class of 2013 will hear a star of the twenty-fifth-reunion class.

Harvard College Class of 2017 Yield Reaches 82 Percent

Wait-listed applicants may be out of luck.

Harvard e-mail privacy policy review under way

Harvard group receives instructions from President Drew Faust.

Jeffrey Toobin is Class Day speaker at Harvard Law School

The author and television legal analyst will address the Law School class of 2013.

Harvard alumna Penny Pritzker nominated commerce secretary

The nation’s gain may be Harvard’s loss.