University News

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

Harvard Kennedy School Unveils American Service Fellowship

Will fund degrees for 50 public servants and military veterans

by Max J. Krupnick

Televangelists on Tape

Carlton Pearson, exiled from his church, donates years of preaching on tape to Harvard.

by Aidan Langston

Scene 1, Take 2

Harvard goes Hollywood for Commencement, with sunny scenery, but sober talk.

The Talk

Commencement oratory from Steven Spielberg, Drew Faust, and others

Commencement Confetti

A multitalented student, political zingers, a retiring Commencement directors, final-club ribbing, and more

Academic Allston, At Last

Amid an Allston building boom, the first new academic ties between Harvard Business School and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

by John S. Rosenberg

Brevia

Slaves at Harvard, an early-childhood education initiative at HGSE, Air Force ROTC returns, climate change, the Extension School, and more

Chao Center Dedicated at HBS

Dignitaries help celebrate the new building’s opening day.

by Aidan Langston

Harvard and Higher Education in Vietnam

President Obama’s visit and a developing nation’s new university

by John S. Rosenberg

Narrowing School Achievement Gaps

The Harvard Graduate School of Education launches “By All Means” initiative.

by Aidan Langston

A $35-Million Gift to HGSE Launches an Early Childhood Initiative

The Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation’s donation is the largest in the school’s history.