University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Sherry Turkle, Mark Doty, to Speak at Phi Beta Kappa Exercises
Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa ceremony kicks off Commencement week on May 23.
by Sophia Nguyen
“How War Has Made Us”
Drew Faust, in Ho Chi Minh City, on the Civil War and the Vietnam War
by John S. Rosenberg
Why the Grad Student Union Election Is Still Contested
Harvard and the union disagree over whether more than 300 ballots should be counted.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Objecting to Student Oaths
A new challenge to College sanctions on single-gender social clubs
by John S. Rosenberg
Mark Zuckerberg to Speak at Harvard Commencement
The University announces Facebook’s CEO as its headliner for May 25.
by John S. Rosenberg
Harvard College’s Cross-Charles Classes
A tradition transformed, to prepare for undergraduate education across the river.
by John S. Rosenberg
“A Vast Slave Society”
A Radcliffe Institute conference highlights universities’role—and debates how to come to terms with their past.
by Lydialyle Gibson
As Schoenhof’s Shutters, a Look at the Square’s Independent Bookstores
A business model struggles to stay alive.
by Oset Babür
Learning to Lose
Sharmila Sen on making a life in the humanities.
by Bailey Trela
Reporting on the Environment in Trump’s America
What happens when science and the presidential administration are at odds just three weeks in?
by Oset Babür