University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
FAS Announces New Endowment for Ph.D. Candidates
A $50 million gift from alumni donors aims to protect research opportunities amid political uncertainty
Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas W Elmendorf
Recently concluded service as head of Congressional Budget Office
Level of fine particles below EPA allowances still deadly to some
New HSPH study finds that air pollution below EPA standards still endangers health.
by Zara Zhang
Harvard’s Lowell House to be renewed in 2017
Full construction will begin in June 2017.
by Laura Levis
The 25th anniversary of Harvard women's lacrosse national championship
Twenty-five years on, the national championship women’s lacrosse team of 1990 looks back.
by Zara Zhang
Commencement costs strain low-income students’ budgets
Commencement costs strain low-income students’ budgets.
by Zara Zhang
John Paulson endows Harvard engineering with $400 million
John A. Paulson underwrites school with University’s largest gift.
Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg awarded Radcliffe Medal
This year’s Radcliffe Medalist reflects on her Supreme Court career.
Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg, panel discusses Roberts Court
Radcliffe Day panel discusses “a decade of decisions and dissents.”
Harvard Commencement week 2015: events for Friday, May 29
Radcliffe Day panel and luncheon with keynote speaker Ruth Bader Ginsburg
afternoon exercises
The principal speeches from the afternoon program