University News

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

Harvard Scholars Discuss Venezuela After Maduro

A Harvard Kennedy School panel unpacks the nation’s oil sector, economy, and democratic hopes.

by Olivia Farrar

Diversity, design engineering, and admissions in Harvard fall term

Morning Prayers and Freshman Convocation themes, economists’ exodus, health benefits round two, and reengineering admissions

by John S. Rosenberg

Survey finds nonconsensual sexual contact widespread

For Harvard, the results point in particular to a problem in the College.

by Jonathan Shaw

Josep Lluís Sert's International Style icon is updated

Josep Lluís Sert’s International Style icon gets a half-century exterior toning and face lift.

Harvard Global Institute grant will support climate-change research in China

The project’s central focus will be its research agenda.

by Laura Levis

Ezra Pound's "Bloody Sestina" exhibit by Damon Krukowski at Carpenter Center

A Carpenter Center exhibition traces the history of a once-banned poem.

by Lydialyle Gibson

"20 States On Wheels”—a Harvard students’ guide to wheelchair travel

In 20 States On Wheels, Harvard students celebrate wheelchair travel.

by Zara Zhang

Harvard puts Cornell away, 40-3, and is 2-0 in Ivy play

A semblance of a competitive game becomes a rout.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard football 2015: the Crimson scores 45, Georgetown 0

With a seventeenth-straight victory, coach Tim Murphy announces, “The preseason is over.”

by Dick Friedman

Harvard Unveils Plans for Science and Engineering Center in Allston

A 586,000-square-foot building will house labs, teaching and retail spaces—and a large atrium. 

by Laura Levis

Harvard football 2015: the Crimson trounces Brown, 53-27

The Crimson’s first Ivy contest proved “one of those days when we got on a roll.”

by Dick Friedman