University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
House Committee Subpoenas Harvard Over Tuition Costs
The University must turn over all requested materials related to tuition and financial aid by mid-July.
by Tamara Evdokimova
Atticus Lish ’93 Wins PEN/Faulkner Award
He is honored for his debut novel, Preparation for the Next Life.
Much More about MOOCs
Harvard and MIT researchers mine masses of data about online learning—and begin to address applications to campus classrooms.
by John S. Rosenberg
Harvard College Class of 2019 Admissions and Term Bill
The new students, and the advent of the $60,000-plus term bill
A New Life for Heaney’s Home at Harvard
Adams House members, past and present, dedicate a suite to the Irish poet who lived among them.
by Sophia Nguyen
Scott Cook to Address HBS Graduating Class
The founder of Intuit will speak at Harvard Business School Class Day.
Crunching the Numbers on Voting Rights in America
Why good data are essential to understanding the Voting Rights Act
by Stephanie Garlock
Sven Beckert Wins Bancroft Prize in History
His Empire of Cotton: A Global History puts slavery in an international context.
by Jonathan Shaw
Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly to Speak at HLS Class Day
The former U.S. Representative and the NASA astronaut will speak on May 27.
Climate Change Heats Up
A campus focus on global warming
by John S. Rosenberg
Poet Laura Kasischke and Orator Allen Counter To Speak at Literary Exercises
Harvard’s Phi Beta Kappa ceremony opens Commencement week on May 26.