University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Football: Harvard 41, Brown 7
The Crimson assertively avenge last year’s loss to their Ivy rival.
Harvard's theater, dance, and media concentration looks to expand
A concentration “400 years in the making,” and two semesters old
Larry Summers reflects on matters economic, educational, and political
On matters economic, educational, and political
Harvard mid-spring 2016 news briefs
A Supreme Court nominee, Spielberg at Commencement, the class of 2020, and more
Summaries of early-spring news from Harvard
Action against sexual assault, the Law School drops its shield, “Faculty Deans” now lead the Houses, and more
by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw , Marina N. Bolotnikova , Laura Levis
Harvard's contested 2016 Overseer election
Free Harvard/Fair Harvard and the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard square off in the Board of Overseers election.
Harvard public health dean, museum director, more
A new dean for public health, a new director for the art museums, and more
Gene drives promise unprecedented human control of the environment
A technique for pushing genetic alterations through entire species of plants and animals may herald a future in which humans manage ecosystems through molecular biology.
Toni Morrison concludes Norton Lecture series on race and literature
This week, Nobel laureate Toni Morrison concluded her Norton Lecture series on race and literature—and made a presidential endorsement.
Author Michael Pollan speaks at Harvard about his journey as a writer
At Radcliffe, the author talks on nature, food, and altered states of consciousness.
by Laura Levis
Harvard acknowledges slave connections
A plaque begins an official acknowledgment of the University’s past.