University News

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

Harvard Football: Harvard 59, Stetson 7

In season opener, the Crimson dispatch the overmatched Hatters.

by Dick Friedman

Lives Glimpsed through Passports

Houghton exhibit documents “the dream of a globalized world.”

by Brandon J. Dixon

A printer's archive and Nam June Paik's video art, at the Harvard Art Museums

Recent acquisitions at the Harvard Art Museums train a fresh lens on photography and video art.

by Sophia Nguyen

Bacow Appoints Claudine Gay dean of FAS

President Bacow’s first major appointment

by John S. Rosenberg

Graduate Student Union Considers Agenda

The HGSU-UAW prepares for fall negotiations.

by Brandon J. Dixon

Harvardians May Make Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Shortlist

Edward Mansfield, Robert Young are up for consideration.

by Brandon J. Dixon

Harvard President Bacow Welcome Message

A community letter as the new administration begins

by John S. Rosenberg

Gender Studies Appoints Robert Reid-Pharr to Professorship

The CUNY scholar will become the first senior faculty hire for the program, which has added new members in recent years.

by Brandon J. Dixon

Breathing New Life into “The Eyesore on Church Street”

Offices, retail, and a brand new cinema are all in the cards for Church Street. 

by Oset Babür

“This Entire Campus Belongs to You”

Harvard begins a program to acclimate freshmen from “historically marginalized communities.”

by Brandon J. Dixon

A New Front in the Battle Over Affirmative Action

In admissions lawsuit, a test for affirmative action at Harvard and in higher education

by Brandon J. Dixon