University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Reviews Sexual Harassment Reporting
President Bacow commissions an external review in the wake of the Jorge Domínguez case.
Harvard Reviews Athletics
Dean Claudine Gay focuses on student experience, sports culture, and strategic planning.
Harvard President Bacow Morning Prayers Free Speech
President Bacow, at Morning Prayers, and deans, welcoming students, open the semester by addressing community values in a time of divisive discourse.
Harvard College Debuts Gen Ed
The College’s required curriculum relaunches with dozens of new experiential, case-based courses.
Convocation 2019
First-year Convocation for the class of 2023
There’s (Still) No Gay Gene
Genes seem to play a role in determining sexual orientation, but it’s small, uncertain, and complicated.
Harvard Business Law, Schools Prepare Entering Students
Harvard professional schools help their incoming students thrive.
Harvard Public Service Leaders Announced
An inaugural faculty director and an assistant dean direct a broader civic-engagement effort.
Scholars Advocate “Managed Retreat” from Flooding Coastlines
The question is no longer if, but when and how.
Harvard Memorial Church Interim Minister
Stephanie Paulsell is the successor, for now, to Jonathan Walton.