University News

Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.

The Celts in Art and Imagination

A new exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums traces 2,500 years of Celtic art.

by Olivia Farrar

Challenges to endowments and philanthropy

On the agenda: challenges to endowments and philanthropy

by John S. Rosenberg

Rethinking policy on Harvard social clubs

Broadening the debate on Harvard’s single-gender social organizations

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard University Press director retiring and more

A change at Harvard University Press, and more

Harvard faculty slow growth and gradual diversification

In the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, slow growth and changing demographics

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Law dean to depart and other news briefs

The Law School dean steps down, graduate-student union balloting, divestment, and more

Faculty Hear Report on Trends in Hiring and Promotion

Progress reported on gender, but with notable areas of concern remaining for some minority hires

by Jonathan Shaw

Readers Reflect: How Should Harvard Respond to the Immigration Ban?

Reflecting on Harvard’s role in the Trump administration   

by Oset Babür

Harvard Files Amicus Brief in Case Against Immigration Ban

The University argues that the president’s immigration ban threatens its academic interests. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

25 years, and five "Figaros": Harvard College Opera celebrates its anniversary

With swankier digs and a new name, the undergraduate company continues an operatic tradition.

by Sophia Nguyen

Does Journalism Still Have a Future?

A panel on an anxious profession

by Oset Babür