University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Getting to Mars (for Real)
Humans have been dreaming of living on the Red Planet for decades. Harvard researchers are on the case.
How the Brain Replays Actions During Sleep
Experiments using a neuroprosthetic reveal nocturnal motor neuron learning.
“We Will All Be Arguing”
Convocation and Morning Prayers messages about free speech and fruitful airing of differences
Giang Nguyen
The HUHS executive director’s public health background prepared him well for the pandemic.
Portraying Larry Summers
Celebrating the twenty-seventh president—and assessing his legacy
Three Alumni Named as National Book Award Finalists
An historian, a poet, and a translator
Two Harvard Affiliates Share Chemistry Nobel
Recognized for advances in functional chemistry
Justice Elena Kagan, in Dissent
Ebbing trust in the Supreme Court, and what to do about it
Greenland’s Fingerprint in Rising Seas
Satellite data reveal the first unambiguous evidence linking a melting ice sheet to a predicted pattern of sea level rise.
Finishing Kick
President Bacow’s agenda during his last fall term
Will Global Democracy Survive?
Scholars on the current rise of fascism, domestically and abroad