University News

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

Your Views on Harvard’s Standoff, Antisemitism, and More

Readers comment on the controversial July-August cover, authoritarianism, and scientific research.

The Pandemic’s Economic Fallout

How the COVID-19 economic crisis has been fundamentally different from past recessions

by Matteo Wong

Harvard College Outlines Fall Residence and Teaching Option

Dean Claudine Gay outlines “minimal,” “moderate,” and “full” residential scenarios, and the hurdles that have to be overcome.

by John S. Rosenberg

National Concerns about Policing Reverberate at Harvard

Police chief Riley to retire, and the University commissions an external review of the department.

by Matteo Wong

New Faculty Deans for Cabot, Eliot, Kirkland, Quincy and Winthrop Houses

Cabot, Eliot, Kirkland, Quincy and Winthrop Houses will have new leadership starting July 1

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Scientists #Strike4BlackLives

Academia’s reckoning with anti-black racism

by Lydialyle Gibson

Searching for a COVID-19 vaccine

The when and how of vaccines

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Will Guarantee Staff Pay and Benefits Past June 28

“[W]e will not be pursuing any furloughs or layoffs of our employees at this time,” executive vice president Katie Lapp wrote in an email. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Leadership changes, new sexual-misconduct rules, and more

Leadership changes, new sexual-misconduct rules, and more

Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard ties detailed in official report

The general counsel’s report recommended—and prompted—action.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Overseer and HAA director elections

The official 2020 slates