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
“The Foundation of Learning”
President Faust’s Commencement afternoon valedictory address on hope and higher education
by Drew Gilpin Faust
“Crimmigration”
Harvard Law students address immigrants’ legal challenges.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Changes at the Top
A business leader and a college president join the Corporation.
by John S. Rosenberg
Underground: The Story of Harvard’s Class of 1968
A senior thesis, and a new film, on the “historic generational shift” of which the class of 1968 was a part.
by Lydialyle Gibson
A Facelift for Mass Hall
Presidents Faust, Bacow relocated as the renovations proceed
by Brandon J. Dixon
He Has Made the World a Safer Place
A symposium honors a scientist who championed biological and chemical weapons control.
by Jonathan Shaw
Risk-Taking Lizards
How lizards’ behavior influences natural selection
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Hillary Clinton Receives Radcliffe Medal
The 2016 presidential candidate discusses her time at Wellesley, the crisis in American government, and the importance of raising empathetic children.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Cautious Optimism
A Radcliffe Day panel discusses America’s role in a rapidly changing world.
by Oset Babür
Lewis on Leadership; Faust’s Farewell
Congressman John Lewis spoke at Drew Faust's last afternoon exercises as Harvard president.
by Sophia Nguyen