University News

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

Eating for the Holidays, the Planet, and Your Heart

“Sustainable eating,” and healthy recipes you can prepare for the holidays.

by Olivia Farrar

Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action

Harvard had filed a brief urging the Court to uphold affirmative action last year. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Barbara J. McNeil Again Named Acting Dean of Harvard Medical School

Barbara J. McNeil will lead Harvard Medical School on an interim basis beginning July 31.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard fundraiser O’Neil A. S. Outar departs

A change in a senior Harvard fundraising role

by John S. Rosenberg

Televangelist Carlton Pearson donates personal archive to Harvard

Carlton Pearson, exiled from his church, donates years of preaching on tape to Harvard.

by Aidan Langston

Harvard business engineering schools in Allston

Amid an Allston building boom, the first new academic ties between Harvard Business School and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard’s class scheduling for Allston campus

How to improve class scheduling—now, and when College classes cross the Charles River for the new engineering complex in Allston.

by John S. Rosenberg

Currier House chiefs, Harvard College Professors, top teachers, and more

Currier House chiefs, Harvard College Professors, top teachers, and more

Harvard’s endowment examined

Congressional inquiry reveals insights into Harvard's endowment-management costs, financial aid, and other schools' policies.

by John S. Rosenberg

Final clubs, conflicts of interest, improving writing, and more

Final-club sanctions, a new Corporation member, medical conflicts of interest, MIT capital campaign, and improving student writing

by John S. Rosenberg , Marina N. Bolotnikova , Aidan Langston

A Early-Childhood Education Initiative at HGSE

Slaves at Harvard, an early-childhood education initiative at HGSE, Air Force ROTC returns, climate change, the Extension School, and more