University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Graduate Student Workers Strike
Union demands higher pay, protections for non-citizen members, and changes to the harassment complaint process.
Nominee Lenk would be first openly gay justice on Massachusetts high court
Barbara Lenk becomes the first openly gay justice to be nominated to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Comic actress Amy Poehler to speak at Harvard College Class Day 2011
The comic actress's credits include Parks and Recreation and Saturday Night Live.
Drew Faust and Robert Reischauer discuss changes in Harvard's governance
A briefing with President Drew Faust and Senior Fellow Robert D. Reischauer covers changes in governance, oversight of University operations, and the future of higher education
Objects from University collections bring learning to life
The third Faculty of Arts and Sciences symposium on teaching and learning examines how archives and museum holdings can enliven the classroom.
Nancy Koehn remembers Peter Gomes, and an update on the Harvard memorial service
A few days before the official memorial service, a Harvard Business School professor recalls the preacher who played a critical role as her spiritual adviser.
Harvard College admissions rate falls to just over 6 percent for class of 2015
The College offers admission to 2,158 out of nearly 35,000 applicants.
Read more about Samantha Power, influencer of Obama's Libya policy
The human-rights activist as presidential adviser
Professors discuss bringing a global perspective into the classroom
The second Faculty of Arts and Sciences gathering on teaching and learning looks at the global perspective, involving professors active in Africa, China, and India.
Harvard president Drew Faust visits Chile and Brazil
President Faust visits Chile and Brazil.
National Endowment for the Humanities names Faust the 2011 Jefferson Lecturer
The award from the National Endowment for the Humanities honors distinguished intellectual achievement.