University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Undergraduates Discuss a Changing University
A student panel grapples—civilly—with shifting policies and differing opinions.
Will Global Democracy Survive?
Scholars on the current rise of fascism, domestically and abroad
Harvard Launches Science and Engineering Startup Program
The Grid will provide funding, mentoring, educational programming, and dedicated workspace to support startups from Harvard labs.
Defeat by Truth Is Victory
President Lawrence S. Bacow’s fall Morning Prayers address at Memorial Church
Re-Wilding Harvard
Bringing native plant species back to campus.
Harvard Files Brief in Affirmative Action Appeal
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall.
Harvard-Cambridge Scholarships
Four seniors win scholarships to Cambridge University.
A Multiverse of Might-Have-Beens
A 2021 graduate returns to campus for a belated Commencement that feels more like a reunion.
Somethings Old, Somethings New
Familiar preliminaries, but with many post-pandemic wrinkles for Harvard’s 371st Commencement, in-person again
Forrest Gander and Theda Skocpol at Phi Beta Kappa Exercises
Both poet and orator consider the “fundamental threats” facing graduates as Commencement begins.
Katie Lapp Steps Down as Executive Vice President
After more than a decade, an institutional voice departs.
by Jacob Sweet