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.

by Olivia Farrar

Online learning evolves at Harvard and elsewhere

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

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard people in the news

Dunster departure, graduate-school deans, faculty writing-prize winners, and more

Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard and more

Mark Zuckerberg drops in, Justice Scalia’s papers, dental-school milestone, and more

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 College class schedule math requirement

The College adopts a new class schedule, and renews the quantitative requirement with a nod toward data science.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard graduate students to receive lower stipend increases

Harvard limits stipend increases to 1.5 percent for the next academic year. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Engaging with “Inclusion” at Harvard

President Faust’s task force hosts a University-wide discussion on April 5. 

by Oset Babür