University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
When Code Meets Canvas
In brushstrokes and bytes, a symposium at Harvard explores data, perception, and art.
by Olivia Farrar
Naomi Oreskes on How to Write about Science
Naomi Oreskes on climate change, politics, and advice for science journalists
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Teaching Children to Care
Dina Buchbinder Auron, M.P.A. ’16, uses sports to get children excited about solving global problems.
by Aidan Langston
Katherine O’Dair to Replace Stephen Lassonde as Dean of Students
O’Dair will begin as the new dean of students in August.
Are Hospital Pay-for-Performance Programs Failing?
Harvard researchers ask whether market incentives can improve healthcare.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
New Study Calls Subway Germs Mostly Harmless
Curtis Huttenhower and colleagues analyze bugs on Boston’s T.
by Aidan Langston
Harvard’s Stake in the Fisher v. Texas Affirmative Action Case
Harvard had filed a brief urging the Court to uphold affirmative action last year.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
HMS Names Barbara McNeil Acting Dean
Barbara J. McNeil will lead Harvard Medical School on an interim basis beginning July 31.
by Jonathan Shaw
Arts and Sciences’ Development Dean Departs
A change in a senior Harvard fundraising role
by John S. Rosenberg
Televangelists on Tape
Carlton Pearson, exiled from his church, donates years of preaching on tape to Harvard.
by Aidan Langston
Academic Allston, At Last
Amid an Allston building boom, the first new academic ties between Harvard Business School and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
by John S. Rosenberg