University News

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

In Federal Court, Harvard and the Government Have Friends

A look at the amicus curiae briefs in Harvard’s funding case

by Tamara Evdokimova

Making the Public Record Public

Harvard legal database released

by Max J. Krupnick

Harvard College Admits Class of 2028

A smaller undergraduate applicant cohort—the first since Supreme Court ended affirmative action 

by John S. Rosenberg

Reparations as Public Health

A Harvard forum on the racial health gap

by Lydialyle Gibson

Unionizing Harvard Academic Workers

Pay, child care, workplace protections at issue 

by Lydialyle Gibson

A Harvard Agenda Shaped by Speech

The work underway in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

by John S. Rosenberg

Dialogue, not Debate

American University’s Lara Schwartz, J.D. ’98, teaches productive disagreement.

by Max J. Krupnick

“Carving Out Time”

A monumental exhibit of woodblock prints from the Harvard Art Museums

by Nina Pasquini

Universities in Public Debates

Institutional position-taking at Harvard and in higher education

by Jonathan Shaw

Back to the Bond Market

Harvard’s new borrowings foretell ambitious new building programs.

by John S. Rosenberg

John Manning Appointed Interim Provost

Harvard Law School dean moves to central administration