University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faces a $350 Million Deficit
At a faculty meeting, Dean Hopi Hoekstra advocates for long-term, structural solutions.
Newly elected Overseers and HAA directors
Announcing the winners
Conferring and Confirming
Harvard’s 371st Commencement, and a celebration for the classes of 2020-2021
Honoris Causa
Harvard’s 2022 honorary-degree recipients
The Speeches 2022
President Bacow on humility, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on democracy and social media, and Attorney General Merrick Garland on civic engagement and threats to U.S. democracy
Harvard’s Ties to Slavery
A long-awaited, unsparing picture
Harvard Alumni Day Debuts
New event draws alumni back to campus, in-person and virtually.
by Jacob Sweet , Nancy Walecki
A Multiverse of Might-Have-Beens
A 2021 graduate returns to campus for a belated Commencement that feels more like a reunion.
“People Were Making Bricks Out of Straw”
Radcliffe Medalist Sherrilyn Ifill on the challenges of racism and the potential for progress
“Wade in the Water”
Public health leader Joia Mukherjee addresses Harvard Medical and Dental Graduates at Class Day.
The “Toxicity of Low Expectations”
Radcliffe Class Day panelists on higher education's responsibility to boost economic mobility