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

Photographic portrait of Philip W. Lovejoy, executive director, Harvard Alumni Association

Harvard reunions, alumni meeting to be virtual

The alumni association announces the inevitable.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard alumni elected to the 117th Congress

Four new House members boost the roster of alumni in Congress to 54.

Rapid Tests Key to Control of COVID-19

Amid skirmishing on the stimulus bill, another chance for wider viral detection 

by Jonathan Shaw

Image shows a dendritic cell (shown in yellow) attached to a man-made polymer lattice inside a pill-sized implantable device.

Inducing immunity to cancer

An implantable cancer vaccine shows promise in training the immune system to attack tumors.

by Erin O’Donnell

Cracks appear in a balloon decorated like a $100 bill as Uncle Sam fills it with a bicycle pump

Asset bubbles and credit growth precede financial crises.

Contrary to expert belief, some financial crises can be predicted—and perhaps averted.

by Jonathan Shaw

An aerial view (taken by a drone) of the south side of Harvard’s new science and engineering complex, in a perspective looking northwest toward the stadium

Harvard’s new Science and Engineering Complex

A new center for engineering and applied sciences—finally

by Jonathan Shaw

Exhibit showing Harvard Management Company investment returns by asset class in fiscal year 2020

Harvard’s annual financial report

The pandemic—and prospects for the University and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

by John S. Rosenberg

A graph shows that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has become gradually more diverse, but that the total size of the faculty has grown little for more than a decade.

Harvard FAS dean’s annual report

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ annual report on the professoriate—and the challenges of making it more diverse

by John S. Rosenberg

Portrait of Rachel Gable, author of new book on first-generation students at elite colleges

Timely guidance for colleges enrolling first-generation and low-income students

Rachel Gable’s research on helping first-generation and low-income students succeed at elite colleges

by John S. Rosenberg

Photograph of Srikant M. Datar, new Harvard Business School dean

New HBS dean, alumni Nobelists, more on fossil fuels, and other University news

New Business School dean, alumni Nobelists, more on fossil fuels, and other University news