University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Mark Carney on the Limits of Soft Power
At the 2026 Davos summit, the Canadian prime minister echoes Harvard’s Joseph Nye.
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
Harvard Law names John Manning dean
The faculty member succeeds Martha Minow.
Joe Biden, to Harvard students: “There’s Nothing Beyond Our Capacity”
In his Class Day address, the former vice president urged graduating seniors, “You have to engage.”
2017 Baccalaureate urges the importance of active looking and listening
The 2017 Baccalaureate address