University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Retains Winthrop Name
Committee undecided on whether owning slaves merits denaming
by Max J. Krupnick
Harvard Reports $406-Million Surplus, but Endowment Declines
The annual financial and endowment reports show the mixed effects of recovery from the pandemic.
by John S. Rosenberg
Three Harvardians Awarded 2022 MacArthur "Genius" Grants
A mathematician, a chemist, and a professor of medicine who studies the health effects of incarceration
by Nancy Walecki
Ben S. Bernanke ’75 Shares Economics Nobel
Three scholars honored for work on banking and financial crises.
by John S. Rosenberg
Apollo 17 Turns 50
Two Harvard alumni recall a return from the last human moonwalk.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Brevia
Presidential search, boat house rebuilding, giant telescope, M.B.A. aid, and more
Science Surges
Fostering businesses within enginnering and applied sciences, Amazon’s quantum support, and changing concentrations
The Off-Kilter Economy
Reckoning with inflation and its remedies
by Jonathan Shaw
2022 Aloian Scholarship Winners
Enriching life in the Houses
HAA Clubs and SIGs awards
Honoring the providers of exemplary service and exceptional programming
Reparations for Slavery?
Documenting the history and scope of federal “reparatory compensation.”
by Jonathan Shaw