University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Remembering Jack Reardon
He was Harvard’s quintessential people person.
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.
New Study Calls Subway Germs Mostly Harmless
Curtis Huttenhower and colleagues analyze bugs on Boston’s T.
Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action
Harvard had filed a brief urging the Court to uphold affirmative action last year.
Barbara J. McNeil Again Named Acting Dean of Harvard Medical School
Barbara J. McNeil will lead Harvard Medical School on an interim basis beginning July 31.
Harvard fundraiser O’Neil A. S. Outar departs
A change in a senior Harvard fundraising role
Televangelist Carlton Pearson donates personal archive to Harvard
Carlton Pearson, exiled from his church, donates years of preaching on tape to Harvard.
Harvard’s endowment examined
Congressional inquiry reveals insights into Harvard's endowment-management costs, financial aid, and other schools' policies.
Final clubs, conflicts of interest, improving writing, and more
Final-club sanctions, a new Corporation member, medical conflicts of interest, MIT capital campaign, and improving student writing
by John S. Rosenberg , Marina N. Bolotnikova , Aidan Langston
A Early-Childhood Education Initiative at HGSE
Slaves at Harvard, an early-childhood education initiative at HGSE, Air Force ROTC returns, climate change, the Extension School, and more