University News

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

Free Speech, the Bomb—and Donald Trump

A Harvard cardiologist on the unlikely alliances that shaped a global movement to prevent nuclear war

Ben S. Bernanke ’75 Shares Economics Nobel

Three scholars honored for work on banking and financial crises.

by John S. Rosenberg

How the Brain Replays Actions During Sleep

Experiments using a neuroprosthetic reveal nocturnal motor neuron learning.

by Erin O’Donnell

“We Will All Be Arguing”

Convocation and Morning Prayers messages about free speech and fruitful airing of differences

by Lydialyle Gibson , Jonathan Shaw

Giang Nguyen

The HUHS executive director’s public health background prepared him well for the pandemic.

by Jonathan Shaw

Portraying Larry Summers

Celebrating the twenty-seventh president—and assessing his legacy

by John S. Rosenberg

Apollo 17 Turns 50

Two Harvard alumni recall a return from the last human moonwalk.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Brevia

Presidential search, boat house rebuilding, giant telescope, M.B.A. aid, and more

Science Surges

Fostering businesses within enginnering and applied sciences, Amazon’s quantum support, and changing concentrations

The Off-Kilter Economy

Reckoning with inflation and its remedies

by Jonathan Shaw

2022 Aloian Scholarship Winners

Enriching life in the Houses