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
Harvard Files Amicus Brief in Graduate Student Unionization Case
The University argues that the relationship between graduate students and universities should remain academic, not managerial, and student labor unions would “damage private sector graduate education.”
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Brevia
Shirley Tilghman on the Corporation, Jane Yellen at Radcliffe, encouraging entrepreneurs, aiming at endowments, and more
Kennedy School, Under Construction
Building capacity, literally, at the public-policy campus
Michelle A. Williams Appointed Harvard Public Health Dean
A faculty member and alumna becomes a leader in Longwood.
by John S. Rosenberg
Graduate School Doubles Paid Time Off for Student Parents
The annnouncement comes amid a movement to form a graduate student labor union.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Are Graduate Students Employees?
Graduate students seek to form a labor union.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Harvard Law Weighs In
Updates on The Harvard Campaign
by Jonathan Shaw , John S. Rosenberg
Engineering a School’s Future
SEAS dean Frank Doyle shares insights.
by Jonathan Shaw , John S. Rosenberg
Brevia
Medical dean stepping down, Rhodes and Marshall scholars, more conservative Winthrop House addition, and more
Harvard Law and College Racial Concerns
Tensions arise at the University—as elsewhere around the country.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova