University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Pete Buttigieg Calls For a Politics of ‘Belonging’
A Kennedy School panel discusses polarization and the uncertain future of American democracy.
Greenhouse gas reduction goal achieved at Harvard
Harvard reduced greenhouse-gas emissions 30 percent in a decade despite 15 percent growth.
Harvard President Faust on “these unsettling times”
President Drew Faust addresses the faculty on undocumented students, research funding, endowments in a new era
How surveillance changes people’s behavior
Assaults on privacy and security in America threaten democracy itself.
New Harvard entrepreneurship center
Harvard's three-legged encouragement of entrepreneurship
More tumultuous Harvard labor relations
A strike, negotiations, and a vote on wages, benefits, and union recognition
Harvard final clubs and sports sexism
The College struggles with single-gender final clubs—and sexist behavior by sports teams.
Harvard meets sustainability target
A 30 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions is achieved; a 2050 goal appears more challenging.
Nobel honorands, new University Professor, and Honor Code
Nobel honorands, a new University Professor, the Honor Code, and more
Harvard degree-program affiliates in the 115th Congress
Harvard’s congressional contingent gains five new members.
Harvard faculty defers vote on final-club sanctions
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will extend its contentious deliberations into the spring semester.