University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard’s Hiring Freeze Continues
University Leaders Say $1 Billion Per Year Is At Risk Due to Federal Actions
by Vivian W. Rong
Honoring Alumni Interviewers
Miller-Hunn Award recipients
A “Scholar’s Scholar”
A profile of Harvard’s thirtieth president
by John S. Rosenberg
The New Crew
The 2023-24 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows.
The Elephant in the Room
Conservative undergraduates’ campus debates
by Max J. Krupnick
Tracing the Enslaved to Modern Descendants
A new technique for connecting ancient DNA to living relatives may have implications for institutions with legacies of slavery.
by Jonathan Shaw
Not-So-Free Parking
New book discusses how free parking spoiled cities for walkers, drivers, and residents
by Max J. Krupnick
“Joyous Protest Posters”
The Royal Chicano Air Force’s activist art at Houghton Library
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Tackling the Dental Care Desert
Harvard alumnae establish a college of dental medicine in rural Missouri.
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Saving the News—and Democracy
Should government bolster the free press?
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Post-COVID Learning Losses
Children face potentially permanent setbacks
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen