University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Retains Winthrop Name
Committee undecided on whether owning slaves merits denaming
by Max J. Krupnick
Harvard College Early Admissions
As early applications soar, 977 candidates are admitted to the class of 2019.
The Sanctity of the Classroom, Continued
More disclosures about the study of attendance in Harvard courses
Harry R. Lewis Named Interim Engineering Dean [Updated]
Will lead Harvard's applied-sciences faculty during search
Two Harvard Students Named Marshall Scholars
Michael George and Anna Hagen will study at Oxford and Cambridge, respectively.
Three Harvard Students Win Rhodes Scholarships [Updated]
Seniors Ruth Fong and Benjamin Sprung-Keyser win two or three years of study at Oxford.
Faculty Tensions I: The Sanctity of the Classroom
At the Arts and Sciences meeting, objections to monitoring of students—and changes in health benefits
Ed School Announces Harvard Teacher Fellows Program
With the largest gift in the school’s history, and $14.5 million in hand, the undergraduate program will launch next fall.
Arts and Sciences’ Inflection Point
Highlights from Dean Michael D. Smith’s annual report
An Arts Advance
Harvard College plans a theater, dance, and media concentration.
An Opening-of-Year Conversation with Drew Faust
The Harvard president touches on key issues in higher education.