University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard’s New Online Orientation Emphasizes Intellectual Paths
A summer course for first-years focuses on academic success, diverse viewpoints.
Harvard summer construction boom
New construction in Allston, and renewal everywhere else, from Adams House to Andover/Swartz Hall
Harvard president Lawrence S. Bacow’s first year
President Bacow assesses his inaugural year.
Hansjörg Wyss boosts biologically inspired engineering
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering gets another boost.
The new person at the Peabody, early admissions, AI, and more
The Peabody’s new director, early admissions, AI, endowment taxation, and more
Updates on Peter Brand, Roland Fryer, the graduate-student union, and more
A coach cashiered, a professor sanctioned, an Allston update, and more
“Detaining Families Is Not Necessary”
Stories from the front lines of the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border
Harvard Scientists Develop Mechanically Active Skin Dressing
Researchers in the lab of Professor David Mooney have developed a wound-dressing design that works like embryonic skin to heal injuries rapidly.
The Movement for Open Syllabi
“It’s kind of like when you go to the library to check out one book, but it’s actually the book next to the book you were looking for that was the important one. A syllabus sets up that opportunity.”
Harvard Appoints Interim Winthrop House Leaders
After a tumultuous semester, Mark and Mary Herlihy-Gearan take up the reins.
Harvard Testing Tool for Curricular Exploration
Researchers with metaLAB (at) Harvard will test a new course exploration tool that presents the curriculum as a rich network of connections.