University News

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

Javier Ortega-Hernández wearing a straw hat and blue scarf stands in a vast, arid landscape.

Five Questions with Javier Ortega-Hernández

A professor of evolutionary biology on what shaped life more than 500 million years ago

by Olivia Farrar

An interdisciplinary team tackles the design challenge question: “How might we reshape education to meet the needs of twenty-first-century students?” Organizers for the event included Co-founders/co-presidents of the Design Club at HBS Matt Guilford and Jeremy Schreiber; Co-founders of the Design Thinking Group at the GSD Miriam Roure and Pablo Roquero; and first-year M.B.A candidates Roderick McMullen and Jonathan Arena.

Harvard xDesign conference meshes business with design.

Inaugural xDesign conference meshes business with design.

Huntington D. Lambert

Huntington D. Lambert named Harvard's Continuing Education Dean

The online expert seeks to expand the University’s digital reach.

Residents expressed frustration over the proposed relocation of various maintenance facilities from 219 Western Avenue to 28 Travis Street, asserting that such a facility will adversely affect the surrounding neighborhood and community.

Residents frustrated by Harvard expansion in Allston, architect Behnisch rehired

Harvard re-engages original architect for Science Center site.

An image from the cover of a book about AIDS treatment in Africa, edited by faculty members Phyllis Kanki and Richard Marlink, who spoke at the "PEPFAR in Africa" conference held at Harvard School of Public Health on January 10.

Fighting AIDS with Harvard's PEPFAR programs in Bostwana, Tanzania, and Nigeria

A symposium at Harvard School of Public Health reflects on the school's PEPFAR-funded programs in Tanzania, Botswana, and Nigeria.

Marion Cotillard

Actress Marion Cotillard chosen Harvard's Hasty Pudding 2013 Woman of the Year

The Hasty Pudding Club picks an Oscar winner to receive its pudding pot.

Aaron Swartz

RSS Creator and Reddit cofounder Aaron Swartz dead at 26

The former Safra Lab fellow was a leader of the open-access movement.

Harvard begins search for new dean of graduate school of education

Harvard president appoints advisory committee.

HarvardX offers Justice, Classics courses

New Harvard online courses go beyond quantitative subjects to include "Justice," ancient Greece

David Hemenway

Gun law research has science behind it, at the Harvard School of Public Health

David Hemenway of the Harvard School of Public Health has approached gun laws scientifically.

The Barry’s Corner Residential and Retail Commons project, located at the intersection of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue in the North Allston neighborhood, will feature approximately 325 rental residential units, 45,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, and 180 below-grade parking spaces and 41 on-street parking spaces on two new streets created within the project site.

Harvard proposal Barry's Corner in Allston released

Harvard-developer proposal for mixed residential, retail, and gathering spaces in Allston