University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Adopts Reforms as Higher Ed Turmoil Continues
University creates new “interfaith engagement” role; Columbia, Brown settle with the government.
Eric Lander and Dan Chiasson at Harvard PBK
The Broad Institute president and Wellesley poet will speak at the annual Commencement event.
Al Gore Named 2019 Class Day Speaker
The climate-change advocate and former vice president will address graduating seniors on May 29.
The Work of Art
At a seminal conference, black creative intellectuals explore white supremacy, the arts, and justice.
Apollo 11, Up Close and Personal
An exhibition in Houghton Library shows Apollo 11 in context, and at its most intimate.
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard College student summer public-service initiative
Harvard College’s down payment on universal student public service
Divest Harvard Makes Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment
Students, faculty, and alumni urge the ditching of corporations linked to climate change.
Sarah Whiting Named Dean of the Graduate School of Design
Currently dean of the Rice University School of Architecture, Whiting will assume her new post on July 1.
“Building on the Continuity”
A conference looks back at Harvard’s 1969 student strike.
Nieman Fellow Eliza Griswold Wins Pulitzer Prize
Her book Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America is the choice in general nonfiction.
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard summit on higher education and public good
A Harvard summit probes how to meld universities’ academic and external aspirations.