University News

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

Harvard’s Standoff: The History

From campus protests to policy clashes, a timeline of Harvard’s tensions with Washington

by Olivia Farrar

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.

Iconic Library Embraces Digital Era

Oxford’s Bodleian opens its new Weston Library.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Harvard, Heeled

Harvard’s 67-65 loss to North Carolina ends an Ivy League championship year.

by David L. Tannenwald