University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Uncertainty Looms Over Planned FAS Changes
At informational town hall meetings, faculty and staff press administrators for details.
Hansjörg Wyss Gives $350 Million to Bioengineering Institute
The philanthropist makes a fourth gift to support basic and translational research.
Harvard Reports $406-Million Surplus, but Endowment Declines
The annual financial and endowment reports show the mixed effects of recovery from the pandemic.
Three Harvardians Awarded 2022 MacArthur "Genius" Grants
A mathematician, a chemist, and a professor of medicine who studies the health effects of incarceration
Ben S. Bernanke ’75 Shares Economics Nobel
Three scholars honored for work on banking and financial crises.
Reparations for Slavery?
Documenting the history and scope of federal “reparatory compensation.”
How the Brain Replays Actions During Sleep
Experiments using a neuroprosthetic reveal nocturnal motor neuron learning.
“We Will All Be Arguing”
Convocation and Morning Prayers messages about free speech and fruitful airing of differences
Giang Nguyen
The HUHS executive director’s public health background prepared him well for the pandemic.
Portraying Larry Summers
Celebrating the twenty-seventh president—and assessing his legacy
Apollo 17 Turns 50
Two Harvard alumni recall a return from the last human moonwalk.