University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Judge Orders NIH to Restore Grants
Ruling likely won’t affect most of Harvard’s research cuts.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Ryan Reynolds Is Man of the Year
The producer and actor will attend the Hasty Pudding’s festivities on February 3.
by Sophia Nguyen
President Obama Urges Criminal-Justice Reform in Harvard Law Review
The president makes a final attempt to defend his legacy.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Harvard Law Dean Martha Minow to Step Down
The school's leader since 2009 will conclude her service at the end of the academic year.
by John S. Rosenberg
Fate of Graduate-Student Union Still Unknown
The National Labor Relations Board will conduct hearings to determine the results of the election.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova , Sophia Nguyen
“A Category of One”
A new play captures the enigma of Edward Gorey ’50.
by Olivia Schwob
Sanctions Complications
Difficult choices in applying the new College policy on final clubs and other single-gender social organizations
by John S. Rosenberg
College Admits 14.5 Percent of Early Action Applicants
Harvard briefly abandoned early action a decade ago. Now, the admissions dean says the program is the “new normal.”
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Final-Club Fissures
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences remains sharply divided about sanctions and multiple, conflicting goals.
by John S. Rosenberg
University Hits Emissions Target
Harvard reduced greenhouse-gas emissions 30 percent in a decade despite 15 percent growth.
by Jonathan Shaw
Harvard’s Essential Values “In These Unsettling Times”
President Drew Faust addresses the faculty on undocumented students, research funding, endowments in a new era
by John S. Rosenberg