University News

Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.

Harvard Divinity School Sets New Priorities

After two years of turmoil, Dean Marla Frederick describes a more pluralistic future for the institution’s culture and curriculum.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard's Jerry X. Mitrovica Awarded MacArthur grant

The geophysicist has pioneered the understanding that sea-level rise around the globe will vary significantly depending on crustal dynamics and gravitational forces. 

by Jonathan Shaw

The ArtLab Debuts

The ArtLab debuts.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Proposed NLRB Rule Would Revoke Graduate Students’ Union Rights

A changed playing field as graduate student union, Harvard negotiate

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Sarah Whiting Harvard Design School Briefing

A fireside chat with the architects, landscape architects, and urban planners

by John S. Rosenberg

Neural-Network Pioneer Yann LeCun on AI and Physics

The physics department confers its Loeb lectureship on an influential non-physicist.

by Drew Pendergrass

Lowell House Renovations: An Inside Look

Historic Lowell House’s renovations bring a mixture of old and new, painstakingly refurbished and constructed.

by Jacob Sweet

Harvard Reviews Sexual Harassment Reporting

President Bacow commissions an external review in the wake of the Jorge Domínguez case.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Reviews Athletics

Dean Claudine Gay focuses on student experience, sports culture, and strategic planning.

by John S. Rosenberg

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.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard College Debuts Gen Ed

The College’s required curriculum relaunches with dozens of new experiential, case-based courses.

by Nina Pasquini