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.

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Helen Shenton named executive director of Harvard Library

Helen Shenton was previously deputy director of the Harvard University Library.

Drew Faust discusses the future of ROTC on campus after "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

In the wake of a historic Senate vote, President Faust discusses the future of ROTC on campus.

Paul Farmer appointed University Professor; Peter Gomes suffers stroke

Farmer is known for humanitarian work and global health; Gomes is hospitalized.

Roundup of recent Harvard news

HBS building boomlet and innovation lab, Rhodes and Marshall Scholars, HMS Center for Primary Care, studying "institutional corruption," and other University news

Harvard's 2010 fiscal year financial report

The University's annual financial report portrays an institution adapting to an era of reduced revenues and expenses.

Planning a Digital Public Library of America

Leaders of research libraries, foundations, and national cultural institutions gathered at Harvard to discuss the feasibility of creating a national digital library.

Harvard 2010 report on faculty development and diversity

Highlights from a recent report on faculty development and diversity

The Harvard Corporation revises its operations and organization

The senior governing board revises its "composition, structure, and practices."

Year-end humor with a Harvard angle

Elena Kagan, Mark Zuckerberg, and Drew Faust's hard-charging, softball-playing daughter

Provost Steven Hyman to step down after a decade of service

The overseer of interdisciplinary scholarship and Harvard's affiliated institutions concludes a decade of service.