University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Adopts Reforms as Higher Ed Turmoil Continues
University creates new “interfaith engagement” role; Columbia, Brown settle with the government.
Tracing the Enslaved to Modern Descendants
A new technique for connecting ancient DNA to living relatives may have implications for institutions with legacies of slavery.
Not-So-Free Parking
New book discusses how free parking spoiled cities for walkers, drivers, and residents
“Joyous Protest Posters”
The Royal Chicano Air Force’s activist art at Houghton Library
Tackling the Dental Care Desert
Harvard alumnae establish a college of dental medicine in rural Missouri.
Saving the News—and Democracy
Should government bolster the free press?
Post-COVID Learning Losses
Children face potentially permanent setbacks
Treating Boston’s “Rough Sleepers”
Tracy Kidder and physician Jim O’Connell discuss health care for the homeless.
Jay Driver’s Major League Dreams
Harvard pitcher Jay Driver hopes to be selected in the Major League Baseball draft.
Harvard Students Protest Supreme Court Ruling
With a march and speeches, students vowed to fight back.
The Supreme Court Affirmative Action Rulings: An Analysis
The underlying arguments project clashing worldviews of race and appropriate remedies.