University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Adopts Reforms as Higher Ed Turmoil Continues
University creates new “interfaith engagement” role; Columbia, Brown settle with the government.
Harvard Defends Race-Conscious Admissions at the Supreme Court
Should the law continue to reflect that the United States is anything but colorblind?
“We Urgently Must Do More”
Harvard introduces its Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability.
Harvard Divinity Dean Hempton to Step Down
Plans to depart at end of academic year
Hansjörg Wyss Gives $350 Million to Bioengineering Institute
The philanthropist makes a fourth gift to support basic and translational research.
Harvard Reports $406-Million Surplus, but Endowment Declines
The annual financial and endowment reports show the mixed effects of recovery from the pandemic.
Three Harvardians Awarded 2022 MacArthur "Genius" Grants
A mathematician, a chemist, and a professor of medicine who studies the health effects of incarceration
Ben S. Bernanke ’75 Shares Economics Nobel
Three scholars honored for work on banking and financial crises.
Reparations for Slavery?
Documenting the history and scope of federal “reparatory compensation.”
How the Brain Replays Actions During Sleep
Experiments using a neuroprosthetic reveal nocturnal motor neuron learning.
“We Will All Be Arguing”
Convocation and Morning Prayers messages about free speech and fruitful airing of differences