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
Francis J. Doyle III Appointed Engineering Dean
New leader of Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
The Privacy of the Classroom
A follow-up to last year’s observation of Harvard classrooms—and emerging issues from course-management software
by John S. Rosenberg
Faculty Honored for Teaching and Advising
Harvard College and GSAS recognize teachers and mentors.
General Education under the Microscope
Sharply critical faculty review of the College’s flagship general-education curriculum
by John S. Rosenberg
Protesters Surround Mass. Hall in “Heat Week” Action
Invoking history, activists call weeklong event the “lunch-counter moment for the twenty-first century.”
by Stephanie Garlock
Harvard College Class of 2019 Admissions and Term Bill
The new students, and the advent of the $60,000-plus term bill
An “Emotional Rollercoaster”
After losing to Yale and defeating Brown, Harvard men’s basketball faces a one-game playoff.
by David L. Tannenwald
Toward Theater
An undergraduate concentration in “theater, dance, and media” comes into focus.
by John S. Rosenberg
On Your Honor
Implementing Harvard College’s honor code
Plans for Winthrop House Renewal Include Expansion
Renovation will include a five-story addition to Gore Hall.
by Jonathan Shaw