University News

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

A historic building surrounded by green construction fencing and trees, under a blue sky.

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faces a $350 Million Deficit

At a faculty meeting, Dean Hopi Hoekstra advocates for long-term, structural solutions.

by Joanna M Weiss

Photograph of the Crimson Goes Blue recruitment team

“Anyone Can Be an Activist”

Alumni get involved in politics.

by Isabel Mehta

Map of the expansion of Indo-European languages from a source in the highlands of West Asia.

Seeking the First Speakers of Indo-European Language

Ancient DNA sheds new light on the origins of a lingua franca.

by Jonathan Shaw

Loeb House, where Harvard's governing boards convene

Harvard Presidential Search Committees Named

Faculty and staff advisory committees appointed; students to follow

by John S. Rosenberg

The rewilded planter in front of Harvard's Museum of Natural History

Re-Wilding Harvard

Bringing native plant species back to campus.

by Kristina DeMichele

Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School Expands Financial Aid

Ten percent of MBA students to receive full tuition scholarships

by Lydialyle Gibson

News photo of President-designate Bacow, with Harvard necktie, at his announcement news conference, February 11, 2018

President Bacow Plans to Step Down

A post-pandemic transition, an early assessment, and the search for Harvard’s new leader

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Victor Clay

Victor Clay

The new police chief introduces a new policing culture.

by Jonathan Shaw

Photographs of Erika Lee and Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof, ethnic-studies appointees

Brevia

Ethnicity appointments, Radcliffe roster, faculty honorands, and more

Underwriting Sustainability Studies

A $200-million gift for the Salata Institute

by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw

2022-23 Ledecky Fellows

The 2022-2023 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows