University News

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

Harvard Law School Releases Digital Archive of Nuremberg Trials

Thousands of documents chronicle the Nazi regime and the legal effort to exact justice.

by Lydialyle Gibson

"I once knew a girl": Carrie Mae Weems at Harvard's Cooper Gallery

Viewing Carrie Mae Weems’s art—and hearing her voice—at the Hutchins Center’s Cooper Gallery

by Lily Scherlis

Anna Deavere Smith welcomes Harvard to a "lecture-performance" on hospitality

In her “lecture-performance,” playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith practiced and preached “Radical Hospitality.”

by Matthew Browne

Harvard Notifies Thousands in Admissions Lawsuit

The College notifies tens of thousands of applicants about the request for admissions data.

by John S. Rosenberg

Two Harvardians awarded Nobel Prizes

Two Harvardians win Nobel Prizes, in peace and in economics. 

Harvard health benefits up 7 percent in 2017

Harvard continues to contend with rising medical bills.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Endowment Declines $1.9 Billion

Investment losses and distributions for the budget reduce the assets by $1.9 billion.

by John S. Rosenberg

MOOCs in the Classroom, and for Degrees

MOOC technology in classroom use, for degrees, and more

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Magazine mourns Laura Levis

The untimely death of a former colleague

Harvard Medical Dean, Humanities Honorands, and More

Medical School dean, humanities and sciences honorands, and an app for thriving at Harvard

Plans to reform Board of Overseers’ election procedures

Plans to overhaul the Board of Overseers’ election procedures 

by John S. Rosenberg