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
Victor Clay
The new police chief introduces a new policing culture.
by Jonathan Shaw
Brevia
Ethnicity appointments, Radcliffe roster, faculty honorands, and more
Underwriting Sustainability Studies
A $200-million gift for the Salata Institute
by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw
2022-23 Ledecky Fellows
The 2022-2023 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows
A Passion for Equity
How urban designer and developer Anyeley Hallová became a leader in sustainable development for social justice
by Isabel Mehta
The Childcare Crisis
Neighborhood Villages in action, pre- and post-pandemic
by Kristina DeMichele
The Taliban and Trauma
Alumni friends collaborate to help students at the Asian University for Women.
by Isabel Mehta
Abortion Rights Advocacy: Past and Present
A documentary from 1970 is re-released and newly relevant.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Wheat and War in Ukraine
A Harvard graduate’s design of the newly relevant Holodomor Memorial in Washington, D.C.
by Isabel Mehta
Harvard Files Brief in Affirmative Action Appeal
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall.
by Jonathan Shaw