University News

Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.

In Federal Court, Harvard and the Government Have Friends

A look at the amicus curiae briefs in Harvard’s funding case

by Tamara Evdokimova

Fewer Grad Students, No Spring Recess

Harvard continues to change with the coronavirus.

by John S. Rosenberg

The Pandemic’s “Perfect and Terrible Storm”

Seasonality and SARS-CoV-2

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Invests in MIT’s The Engine

Neighboring institutions collaborate in a venture-capital firm seeing to tackle tough technological challenges.

by John S. Rosenberg

Caroline Buckee: Can Mobile-phone Data Help Control the Spread of the Coronavirus?

Anonymized location data can help guide strategies for protecting public health in a pandemic.

The Upside

President Bacow remains positive despite the pandemic.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Forms Committee on Renaming Principles

Toward guidelines for how to proceed in an era of reconsidering past associations

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Professors Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

More than a dozen Harvard faculty members are honored. 

by Jonathan Shaw

Crimson Red Ink

Harvard reports lower revenues and a loss for the year, as the pandemic’s sweeping effects begin to take hold.

by John S. Rosenberg

See Their Faces

Confronting “some of the most challenging images in the history of photography”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

“I Want to Hear About You”

The Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching conference considers classroom inclusion and equity.

by Lydialyle Gibson