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.
Bacow Appoints Claudine Gay dean of FAS
President Bacow’s first major appointment
Graduate Student Union Considers Agenda
The HGSU-UAW prepares for fall negotiations.
Harvardians May Make Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Shortlist
Edward Mansfield, Robert Young are up for consideration.
Harvard President Bacow Welcome Message
A community letter as the new administration begins
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.
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.”
A New Front in the Battle Over Affirmative Action
In admissions lawsuit, a test for affirmative action at Harvard and in higher education
Raj Chetty Will Return to Harvard
Chetty is a global leader in research on inequality and social mobility.
Martha Minow Appointed University Professor
Former Law School dean receives Harvard’s highest academic appointment.