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

Joe Biden will be Class Day speaker

The former vice president will address graduating seniors on May 24. 

Fahrenthold, Whitehead, and Desmond Win Pulitzer Prizes

Journalist, novelist, and social scientist honored

by Oset Babür

Charles River bridge lit up

The Charles River, lit

We Remember World War I

Firsthand accounts of Harvard men and women who lived through it, 100 years after the United States entered the Great War

by Adam Goodheart

Harvard and the working class

The chasm between elite academia and working-class Americans—and how to bridge it

by Richard D. Kahl...

Harvard College social-club sanctions controversy

The College’s social-club sanctions remain highly controversial.

by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw

Harvard campus construction continues

Still more construction projects on tap

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard reduces graduate-student admissions

Financial pressures force the faculty to trim doctoral admissions.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Business School academic growth plans

The Business School dean is bullish on engineering and data-science collaborations, and online learning.

by John S. Rosenberg

Online learning evolves at Harvard and elsewhere

Online learning, evolving at Harvard and beyond, attracts critical analysis.

by John S. Rosenberg