University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Science Center to Become Zimmer Hall
Harvard will rename the building following a $100 million gift from Stuart Zimmer ’91.
“No Going Back to Normal”
Addressing the complexities of children’s mental health
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard-Cambridge Scholarships
Four seniors win scholarships to Cambridge University.
Newly elected Overseers and HAA directors
Announcing the winners
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
Harvard Alumni Day Debuts
New event draws alumni back to campus, in-person and virtually.
by Jacob Sweet , Nancy Walecki
A Multiverse of Might-Have-Beens
A 2021 graduate returns to campus for a belated Commencement that feels more like a reunion.
“People Were Making Bricks Out of Straw”
Radcliffe Medalist Sherrilyn Ifill on the challenges of racism and the potential for progress
“Wade in the Water”
Public health leader Joia Mukherjee addresses Harvard Medical and Dental Graduates at Class Day.