University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Library of Congress names Harvard alumna Tracy K. Smith as new Poet Laureate
The announcement comes at a busy time for the writer, who is at work on two operas and will soon publish her fifth verse collection, Wade in the Water.
Harvard launches engineering-business degree
A new joint business-engineering master’s program to accelerate innovation, entrepreneurship, and leadership for technology companies
Fred Glimp, a Harvard legend, dies at 91
The long-serving dean and vice president was a proud member of the College’s “Great Middle Class.”
Harvard Law dean, House leaders, executives’ compensation
New Law School dean, new House leaders, Harvard’s top salaries, and more
Harvard online learning update
From HarvardX to the classroom, Harvard Medical teaching online, and more
Harvard graduate-student unionization
The status of a contested election
Harvard faculty diversity
Documenting a decade of gradual evolution in the professoriate
University People
New Board of Overseers leaders, top teachers, Pulitzer Prize winners, and more
Harvard College quantitative requirement
The vexatious business of defining a gen-ed course in quantitative literacy
Harvard College final club sanctions
The College’s final-club sanctions: an update