University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Teaching Through War With AI
Harvard Graduate School of Education students examine the use of AI in wartime Ukraine.
Graduate School of Design conference addresses racism in St. Louis
Urban planners and scholars talk racism and exclusion in St. Louis.
Harvard hires Allston enterprise campus leader Steven D. Fessler
Harvard appoints Steven D. Fessler to direct development.
Harvard Overseer Election Begins
Campaigning gets under way, as ballots are mailed and candidates are endorsed.
Harvard PBK literary exercises will feature Stephen Greenblatt and Robyn Schiff
Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa ceremony opens Commencement week on May 24.
BU Law Professor Khiara Bridges Teaches Critical Race Theory at Harvard Law
And why it is a subject of protest at Harvard Law School
Updates on Harvard projects in Allston
In Allston, progress on the science and engineering complex, Life Lab, and renovated graduate-student housing
by Laura Levis
Harvard Corporation to Drop Law School Shield Linked to Slavery
The announcement follows a Law School committee’s recommendation to abandon the shield.
Alumni coalition opposes Harvard Overseer slate
The campaign is joined as the Coalition for a Diverse Harvard organizes in response to petitioners.
Steven Spielberg named Harvard’s 2016 Commencement speaker
The filmmaker will address graduates on May 26.
by Laura Levis
Harvard Art Museums appoints Martha Tedeschi as new Cabot director
Hailing from the Art Institute of Chicago, Tedeschi will assume the role next July.