University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Kennedy School Unveils American Service Fellowship
Will fund degrees for 50 public servants and military veterans
by Max J. Krupnick
HBS Halts Hybrid Learning
Surging coronavirus cases force move to all-remote instruction.
by John S. Rosenberg
“This Year Is Different…”
…prompting a different kind of Faculty of Arts and Sciences annual report.
by John S. Rosenberg
A Design School Redesign
The GSD introduces changes meant to “rebalance” the master of design studies program.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Fewer Grad Students, No Spring Recess
Harvard continues to change with the coronavirus.
by John S. Rosenberg
The Upside
President Bacow remains positive despite the pandemic.
by John S. Rosenberg
Spring Remains Remote
Harvard professional schools continue (mostly) online learning during the next semester—and other indicators for 2021.
by John S. Rosenberg
Srikant M. Datar Appointed Harvard Business School Dean
The Dickinson professor of business administration succeeds Nitin Nohria.
by John S. Rosenberg
Fraught Fall
A semester conducted in the shadow of the coronavirus
by John S. Rosenberg
A Major Disparity in Massachusetts Criminal Justice
Harvard Law School researchers identify the mechanisms that lead to longer sentences for nonwhite defendants.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Fall Comes into Focus
Who will be at Harvard when the academic year begins—and under what conditions
by John S. Rosenberg