University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Football: Harvard 31, Columbia 14
The Crimson stay unbeaten with a workmanlike win over the Lions.
The End of the Harvard Square Pit
Reconstruction of a local landmark begins soon.
by Jacob Sweet
Former Crimson Star Spearheads New Soccer League
Charles Altchek ’07 moves from the field to the front office.
by Isabel Mehta
Harvard's Black-Hole Debunker
Astrophysicist Kareem El-Badry challenges scientific mistakes.
by Isabel Mehta
Public Health Messaging in a Pandemic
How much intervention is too much, or not enough, when addressing a politically and socially diverse population?
by Isabel Mehta
$200 Million Gift Underwrites Climate and Sustainability Institute
Vice provost James Stock to direct Harvard’s new Salata Institute
Finding Harvard’s Next President
How the search for Lawrence S. Bacow’s successor might be structured
President Lawrence S. Bacow to Step Down in 2023
Plans to conclude five-year Harvard presidency at the end of the coming academic year
Conferring and Confirming
Harvard’s 371st Commencement, and a celebration for the classes of 2020-2021
Honoris Causa
Harvard’s 2022 honorary-degree recipients
The Speeches 2022
President Bacow on humility, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on democracy and social media, and Attorney General Merrick Garland on civic engagement and threats to U.S. democracy