University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Kennedy School Unveils American Service Fellowship
Will fund degrees for 50 public servants and military veterans
by Max J. Krupnick
Power to Deliver Kennedy School Commencement Address
U.S. ambassador to the U.N Samantha Power will speak to graduates.
Public Health Fieldwork in Brazil
Students spend their January term immersed in experiential learning.
Vivek Murthy Named Class Day Speaker for Harvard Medical Area
The embattled nominee for surgeon general will address medical and dental school graduates.
Swept Into the River
A medical student learns about SNAP and social medicine.
by J Bradley Segal
Harvard Releases Barron Report on Access to Electronic Communications
The task force recommends a University-wide, mission-focused policy.
Advancing Leadership
“Third-stage” learners using a novel Harvard curriculum engage social challenges.
by John S. Rosenberg
Rediscovering the Unconscious
At Harvard, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman discusses decisionmaking with Walmsley University professor Cass Sunstein of Harvard Law School.
Can Women Stop War?
An HKS forum considers women and their role in world peace.
$90 Million for HMS Cancer Research
The Ludwig Cancer Research gift endows the study of resistance to therapy.
The Entrepreneurs of Ideas
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard School of Public Health, and Radcliffe Institute detail campaign goals