University News

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

How AI Is Reshaping Supply Chains

Harvard Kennedy School lecturer on using AI to strengthen supply chains

by Olivia Farrar

New Harvard gift policy and more

A gift policy, and peer institutions’ new climate schools

by John S. Rosenberg

New diversity and inclusion officer and other Harvard news

New diversity and inclusion officer, new University Professor, and more

Harvard Magazine’s 2020-2021 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

The 2020-2021 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows

Re-naming Harvard’s Lowell House?

The faculty deans prompt a discussion.

by John S. Rosenberg

New Test Paradigm Needed for SARS-CoV-2

Michael Mina maintains a new testing regimen could end the COVID-19 pandemic—in three weeks.

by Jonathan Shaw

Balancing Mental Health and COVID Safety

Students urge closer attention to care on campus this fall. 

by Matteo Wong

First-Year International Students Won't Be Allowed on Campus This Fall

Federal visa restrictions will prevent freshman international students from living in the United States. 

Harvard Top Earners

The annual report details administrators’ and endowment investment managers’ compensation.

by Jonathan Shaw

Ivy League Announces No Sports in Fall

The league becomes first in Division I to scrap fall competition.

by Jacob Sweet

Harvard MIT Sue U.S. Government Over International Students Directive

Attack U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement directive

by John S. Rosenberg