University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
A Harvard Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why Exercise Matters on GLP-1s
As weight loss medications become more common, Daniel Lieberman discusses the importance of preserving muscle.
Steven Spielberg speaks at Harvard’s Hauser Forum for the Arts
The filmmaker discusses his influences and inspirations.
Ben Beach has run 47 consecutive Boston Marathons
Record-holder Ben Beach '71 has run every Boston Marathon since 1968.
May-June 2014 cryptic puzzle by John de Cuevas
Solve the most recent creation of puzzlemaker John de Cuevas ’52.
Harvard conference discusses gender in medicine and public health
A Radcliffe conference examines the role of gender in medicine and public health.
At Harvard, Rowan Williams lectures on the paradoxes of empathy
Former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams lectures on the paradoxes of empathy.
Havard alumna Megan Marshall ’77 wins Pulitzer Prize for Biography
Damrosch, O’Brien, and Adams named finalists.
Pershing Squares Ackman funds Harvard initiative
Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman and Karen Ackman donate $26 million.
Harvard economist Rohini Pande assesses the impact of public policies
Economist Rohini Pande assesses the impact of public policies.
Assessing online course enrollments
The first analyses of online-course registrants—and "dropouts"—and other MOOC news
Michael Bloomberg will speak at Harvard Commencement 2014
Former New York mayor Michael R. Bloomberg speaks at Commencement.