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

Harvard Doctoral Programs Highly Ranked

The National Research Council's long-awaited assessment finds many strengths in the University's graduate educational offerings.

Conflicts of Interest, Revisited

As corporate relationships with researchers and doctors come under more scrutiny, Harvard Medical School updates its policies.

Business School Dean Nohria Advocates “Radical Innovation”

A round-the-world whistle-stop tour promotes a message of change for business education.

Harvard Medical School Revises Conflicts-of-Interest Policies

A comprehensive review of practices at the interface of academia and industry

An Innovator in Allston

Nitin Nohria, the new dean of Harvard Business School, on educating students with the competence and character to exercise business leadership

Sustaining a “Delicate Experiment”

Business School dean Nitin Nohria on revising management education in a turbulent time—and on overcoming the obstacles to keeping organizations effective. Read excerpts from his speeches and writings.

"Harvard Medicine": A New Title and Look for the Medical School Magazine

Making medical science and practice more accessible to alumni and public readers alike

The GSAS Centennial Medalists

Scholars whose contributions to society emerged from their graduate study at Harvard

“Hope to Achieve Beauty”: A Class Day Talk at the Graduate School of Design

Architect Denise Scott Brown recommends hitchhiking and the brave results that can emerge from tackling hard problems.

“Don’t Check Your Heart at the Door”: Class Day at Harvard Law School

Human-rights activist Samantha Power recommends doing work you care about. [audio/video link]