University News

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

Harvard Football: Harvard 31, Columbia 14

The Crimson stay unbeaten with a workmanlike win over the Lions.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard Public Service Leaders Announced

An inaugural faculty director and an assistant dean direct a broader civic-engagement effort.

by John S. Rosenberg

Scholars Advocate “Managed Retreat” from Flooding Coastlines

The question is no longer if, but when and how. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Memorial Church Interim Minister

Stephanie Paulsell is the successor, for now, to Jonathan Walton.

by John S. Rosenberg

Crows Know How to Have Fun

Surprising research about highly adept birds making and using tools

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard summer construction boom

New construction in Allston, and renewal everywhere else, from Adams House to Andover/Swartz Hall

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow’s first year

President Bacow assesses his inaugural year.

by John S. Rosenberg

Hansjörg Wyss boosts biologically inspired engineering

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering gets another boost.

by Jonathan Shaw

The new person at the Peabody, early admissions, AI, and more

The Peabody’s new director, early admissions, AI, endowment taxation, and more

Updates on Peter Brand, Roland Fryer, the graduate-student union, and more

A coach cashiered, a professor sanctioned, an Allston update, and more

“Detaining Families Is Not Necessary”

Stories from the front lines of the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border

by Marina N. Bolotnikova