University News

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

Harvard Retains Winthrop Name

Committee undecided on whether owning slaves merits denaming

by Max J. Krupnick

Harvard Investigates Fencing Coach Over Transactions Involving Parent of a Prospect

Head fencing coach Peter Brand allegedly sold his Needham home to the father of a prospective fencer at an inflated price.

by Jonathan Shaw

Numbers Game

How Harvard will structure its General Education “quantitative reasoning” requirement

by John S. Rosenberg

“Shopping Week” Extended

Undergraduates’ flexibility in registering for courses is retained for at least a year or two.

by John S. Rosenberg

College Admits 4.5 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2023

And the term bill approaches $70,000

Lowell, Not Coming to Dinner

A meaningful change in the images on display in the renewed Lowell House

by John S. Rosenberg

Adams House Advances

A complex, four-year plan for renewing a complicated House

by John S. Rosenberg

Undergraduate Education Agendas

Harvard College Gen Ed curriculum nears, and faculty members rethink course registration.

by John S. Rosenberg

Adjacent but Unequal

Anthony Jack’s new book on the “doubly disadvantaged”

by John S. Rosenberg

VES’s Valedictory

Renaming Visual and Environmental Studies to signal a clearer focus on making art and film

by John S. Rosenberg

Hasty Pudding Announces 2019’s Man and Woman of the Year

Bryce Dallas Howard and Milo Ventimiglia will receive their awards on January 31 and February 8, respectively.