University News

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

Harvard Football: Harvard 31, Columbia 14

The Crimson stay unbeaten with a workmanlike win over the Lions.

by Dick Friedman

Boston in Motion

An exhibition maps the making of a metropolis.

by Drew Pendergrass

Diana Nelson named to Harvard Corporation

The former chair of Carlson Inc. has long been active in alumni affairs and in nonprofits focused on education, the arts, and children.

by Jacob Sweet

Rewriting labor law from a clean slate

A Harvard Law School initiative calls for a revitalized labor law “to shift power from corporations to workers.”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

An Online Extension School Course for High-school Students

Literature professor Elisa New spearheads an online poetry course for talented students in underserved high schools.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Grass-roots organizing is focus of new book

Undergraduates contribute to a new book on grass-roots organizing at the center of American politics.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Professor arrested, giving guidelines, and a grad-student union update

A professor arrested, gift-giving guidelines, and an update on the graduate-student union

Harvard Allston developer Law School shield and more

The Law School launches a “Shield Working Group,” Allston update, keeping tabs on “fake news,” and more

Sexual Harassment Survivors Condemn Harvard's Investigation Process

Accusers of former Harvard government professor Jorge Domínguez speak out about their experiences. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard faculty vote, governing board divestment

FAS votes for divestment, and perhaps a contending Overseers’ slate

by John S. Rosenberg

One Hundred Years of Educating Educators

At its centennial, the Harvard Graduate School of Education celebrates and looks ahead. 

by Jacob Sweet