University News

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

Harvard Graduate Student Workers Strike

Union demands higher pay, protections for non-citizen members, and changes to the harassment complaint process.

by Lydialyle Gibson

In the Laboratory at Harvard, art and science mix

Bioengineering professor David Edwards aims to provide a physical and conceptual space for maximizing creativity.

Safra Foundation Center for Ethics to host Eliot Spitzer talk

Eliot Spitzer, J.D. ’84, is scheduled to speak next week as part of a lecture series on institutional corruption.

Articles about Elizabeth Warren, economic-development failures, and more

Our news roundup also includes items on the dying trees of Martha's Vineyard; financial incentives for innovation; and more on ROTC.

Articles about ROTC, Ayn Rand, Orhan Pamuk, AIDS art, and more

Our news roundup also includes a Faust interview, a Mankiw column, and a novel satirizing the world of bestselling novels.

SEAS dean Cherry Murray fosters strategic planning

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences develops a 10-year strategic plan.

The endowment’s swoon

A status report on the state of the endowment

Harvard FAS financial update

An early-semester financial talk by the dean

Start-of-year address by Harvard president Faust

President Faust opens the academic year with a State of the University address.

Harvard Medal of Honor winners recognized

The University’s Medal of Honor recipients are memorialized.

Harvard construction update

An update on Harvard construction