University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Kennedy School Unveils American Service Fellowship
Will fund degrees for 50 public servants and military veterans
by Max J. Krupnick
Harvard Medical School to Close Primate-Research Center
Harvard Medical School announced that it would discontinue the controversial facility
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Harvard news: Oprah at Commencement, Cass R. Sunstein, College admissions and costs, union contract, quiz-show titles overturned, sustainable-investing vice president, and more
Richard Saul Wurman to Speak at Design School
The TED conference creator will address degree candidates on Class Day.
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Harvard news: Allston development, education dean departs, social investing, multimillion-dollar gifts to universities, and more
Harvard Portrait: Abigail Donovan and Laura Prager
The pediatric psychiatrists’ book depicts emergency-room experiences with mentally ill children.
Allston: The Killer App
Harvard proposes moving the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to the University’s expanded campus.
Statistics, No Lies
Statistically, a Harvard man—and Vigeland on MacLeish
The Deadliest Virus
Modified H5N1 could infect a billion people if it escapes the lab.
by David Levin
How Same-Sex Marriage Came to Be
On activism, litigation, and social change in America
by Michael J. Klarman
Harvard Divinity School Receives Christian Studies Endowment
Susan Swartz and James R. Swartz ’64 give $10 million