University News

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

University Hall exterior with ornate windows and greenery.

FAS Restructuring Layoffs Begin

College staff whose jobs will be changed or eliminated were notified this week.

by Lydialyle Gibson

The South Sea Bubble exhibit on display in the North Lobby of Baker Library

The Burst of the South Sea Bubble

A Harvard Business School exhibit documents the first global financial crisis. 

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Marla Frederick

Marla Frederick Named Dean of Harvard Divinity School

The scholar of the African American religious experience will become dean January 1.

by Jonathan Shaw

Embracing AI

The dawn of the virtual teaching fellow

by Jonathan Shaw

A large group of donkeys entering Harvard Yard with a few elephants interspersed.

The Elephant in the Room

Conservative undergraduates’ campus debates

by Max J. Krupnick

Illustration of two teams working together. One is well-coordinated, the other is not.

Picking Team Players

A test can identify these productivity-boosting personnel.

by Max J. Krupnick

Harvard President Claudine Gay in her new office July 5, 2023

New Digs

Claudine Gay’s first day in her presidential office

Students protest the Supreme Court decision.

After Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court upends admissions.

by Jonathan Shaw , Lincoln Caplan

Irene Soto Marín with Harvard's Ancient Mediterranean Classical Sculptures

Irene Soto Marín

Ancient history professor studies coins, ceramics, and Zelda.

by Max J. Krupnick

Arts and Sciences dean Hopi Hoekstra

News in Brief

New Arts and Sciences dean, chief financial officer, Allston construction, and more

Honoring Alumni Interviewers

Miller-Hunn Award recipients