University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Scholars Discuss Venezuela After Maduro
A Harvard Kennedy School panel unpacks the nation’s oil sector, economy, and democratic hopes.
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...
A Giant's Gift
David Rockefeller gives $100 million for international and arts education...
A Communal Campus?
President Drew Faust on April 24 appointed a University steering committee to explore improvements to Harvard’s Cambridge campus, with the aim...
Brevia
Short takes on recent news
Class Gifts
Why is it, University Treasurer James F. Rothenberg ’68, M.B.A. ’70, asked his Tercentenary Theatre audience on Thursday afternoon...
Save the Date
“From the Closet to a Place at the Table: Celebrating 25 Years of the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus” is the first-ever all-school...
English Evolves--and Reverts
Speaking on behalf of the department he chairs, James Engell moved that it shed its current title (English and American literature and language) in favor of a streamlined one (English).
On the University's Agenda
University leaders in various forums outlined Harvard priorities and impending business concerning Allston, a new science initiative, and the University’s international aims.