University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
12,000 Harvard Alumni File Amicus Brief in Funding Freeze Lawsuit
Alumni from every Harvard school and class since 1950 rally behind the University
by Nina Pasquini
The Elephant in the Room
Conservative undergraduates’ campus debates
by Max J. Krupnick
Picking Team Players
A test can identify these productivity-boosting personnel.
by Max J. Krupnick
Tracing the Enslaved to Modern Descendants
A new technique for connecting ancient DNA to living relatives may have implications for institutions with legacies of slavery.
by Jonathan Shaw
Not-So-Free Parking
New book discusses how free parking spoiled cities for walkers, drivers, and residents
by Max J. Krupnick
“Joyous Protest Posters”
The Royal Chicano Air Force’s activist art at Houghton Library
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Tackling the Dental Care Desert
Harvard alumnae establish a college of dental medicine in rural Missouri.
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Saving the News—and Democracy
Should government bolster the free press?
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Post-COVID Learning Losses
Children face potentially permanent setbacks
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Treating Boston’s “Rough Sleepers”
Tracy Kidder and physician Jim O’Connell discuss health care for the homeless.
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Major League Dreams
Harvard pitcher Jay Driver hopes to be selected in the Major League Baseball draft.
by Max J. Krupnick