University News

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

Sign of the Times: Harvard Quarterback Jaden Craig Will Play for TCU

Out of eligibility for the Crimson, the star entered the transfer portal.  

by Dick Friedman

The Liberal Art of Engineering

The 10-year tenure of Venkatesh Narayanamurti, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), will end in September...

Brevia

The first Allston science laboratories, now under construction, will present a rectilinear face to the surrounding streets...

Memorial for Henry C. Moses

Alumni, faculty, staff, and friends are invited to remember Henry C. Moses, dean of freshmen at Harvard College from 1977 to 1991.

Harvard Tops U.S. News Rankings

As the Globe's Peter Schworm notes, in grandiose language, Harvard has finished second to Princeton for the last two years, but "today, order has been restored to the universe...

SEAS Interim Dean Appointed

Spaepen is Franklin professor of applied physics and director of the Rowland Institute at Harvard. He previously....

Passages: Julius Richmond, Founding Director of Head Start

Julius B. Richmond, MacArthur professor of health policy emeritus and a revered figure among scholars and politicians, died Sunday...

Frenk Appointed Dean of School of Public Health

President Drew Faust announced on July 29 the appointment of Julio Frenk as dean of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)...

Faust Appoints VP for Government, Community, and Public Affairs

President Drew Faust appointed Christine Heenan, founder and president of Clarendon Group, a Providence, Rhode Island-based public and government relations firm...

University Vows to Cut Greenhouse Gases

Harvard aims to cut its greenhouse-gas emissions by 30 percent in the next eight years, President Drew Faust announced today...

Benefactor Katherine Loker Dies at 92

Katherine B. Loker, whose gifts to Harvard underwrote the renovation of the Widener Library main reading room and the transformation of the Memorial Hall basement, died June 26 at her home in Oceanside, California...