University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Scholars Discuss Venezuela After Maduro
A Harvard Kennedy School panel unpacks the nation’s oil sector, economy, and democratic hopes.
Law School, Looming Larger
Photograph by Jim Harrison (View larger) Subsurface construction proceeds on Harvard Law School's northwest building, which extends along...
Boosting College Financial Aid
Harvard’s new undergraduate financial-aid policies, affecting even students from high-income families, were announced on December...
Raising the Ante
In the wake of Harvard’s December announcement, a host of other institutions—Haverford, Penn, Pomona, and Swarthmore among...
Gains for Graduate Students
Harvard’s new formula for undergraduate financial aid, unveiled on December 10, overshadowed its consequential changes in support for...
A Century of Commerce
Harvard Business School (HBS) is throwing a year-long centennial celebration. The anniversary itself falls on April 8, the date in 1908 when the...
Doctoral Director
Allan M. Brandt became dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), on January 1. A...
Focusing on the Ph.D.
During her tenure as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), from mid 2005 through last December, Theda Skocpol says, “I...
Brevia
Endowment Manager EarningsHarvard Management Company’s (HMC) annual disclosure of the salary, bonus, and benefit payments to its president...
GSAS Alumni Day
On April 5, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni and their guests are invited to a day-long celebration featuring afternoon symposiums on...
Engineering Dean to Step Down
Narayanamurti, the Armstrong professor of engineering and applied sciences, cited a desire to return to teaching and research. He had...