University News

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

Harvard Football: Harvard 45, Penn 43

An epic finish ensures another Ivy title. Next up: Yale. And after?

by Dick Friedman

Court Filings Allege Discrimination Against Asian-Americans in Admissions

Motions for summary judgment outline plaintiff’s allegation of discrimination, and Harvard’s defense of its admissions program. 

by Brandon J. Dixon

Harvard Will Adjust Coaches’ Pay, Per State Law

Harvard Athletics overhauls coaches’ compensation. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Soyoung Lee named chief curator at the Harvard Art Museums

Korean art expert Soyoung Lee will join the museums in September.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors 2018

The annual election results

Heritage Museums & Gardens, in Sandwich, Massachusetts

Cape Cod’s Heritage Museums & Gardens

by Nell Porter-Brown

Harvard’s 2018 Commencement rites

A celebration of President Drew Faust, and wariness about the assault on “veritas”

by John S. Rosenberg

President Drew Faust’s Harvard valedictory

President Faust’s Commencement afternoon valedictory address on hope and higher education

by Drew Gilpin Faust

Crimmigration: Harvard Law students address immigrants’ legal challenges

Harvard Law students address immigrants’ legal challenges.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard governing-board appointments

A business leader and a college president join the Corporation.

by John S. Rosenberg

University People

S. Allen Counter, undergraduate-education dean, teaching prizes, and more