University News

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

Trump Administration Unveils New Attacks on Harvard

Government tightens financial oversight of Harvard, threatens to pull student aid.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard football squad numbs Lafayette’s Leopards, 42-0

On a sparklingly cold day, the Crimson numbed the Leopards. 

by Dick Friedman

Allston science center unveiled, online learning, faculty awards, and more

University news briefs: retaining recruits, online learning, appointments, awards, and more

Diversity, design engineering, and admissions in Harvard fall term

Morning Prayers and Freshman Convocation themes, economists’ exodus, health benefits round two, and reengineering admissions

by John S. Rosenberg

Survey finds nonconsensual sexual contact widespread

For Harvard, the results point in particular to a problem in the College.

by Jonathan Shaw

Josep Lluís Sert's International Style icon is updated

Josep Lluís Sert’s International Style icon gets a half-century exterior toning and face lift.

Harvard Global Institute grant will support climate-change research in China

The project’s central focus will be its research agenda.

by Laura Levis

Ezra Pound's "Bloody Sestina" exhibit by Damon Krukowski at Carpenter Center

A Carpenter Center exhibition traces the history of a once-banned poem.

by Lydialyle Gibson

"20 States On Wheels”—a Harvard students’ guide to wheelchair travel

In 20 States On Wheels, Harvard students celebrate wheelchair travel.

by Zara Zhang

Harvard puts Cornell away, 40-3, and is 2-0 in Ivy play

A semblance of a competitive game becomes a rout.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard football 2015: the Crimson scores 45, Georgetown 0

With a seventeenth-straight victory, coach Tim Murphy announces, “The preseason is over.”

by Dick Friedman