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 appoints Francis J. Doyle engineering dean
New leader of Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Craig Lambert on shadow work
A Harvard Magazine alumnus on the new world of “middle-class serfdom”
Harvard measures on classroom privacy
A follow-up to last year’s observation of Harvard classrooms—and emerging issues from course-management software
Harvard teaching mentoring prizes
Harvard College and GSAS recognize teachers and mentors.
Harvard Horizons honors
TED-type talks on topics ranging from lizards to “micro-activism,” from doctoral candidates likely to define the futures of their fields.
Harvard College general education criticized
Sharply critical faculty review of the College’s flagship general-education curriculum
Harvard alumni poem on campus climates
Harvard Alumni Association’s poet laureate on the campus climate in Cambridge—and Palo Alto.
Rick Lowe of Project Row Houses at Harvard Design School Class Day 2015
The founder of Houston’s Project Row Houses is a pioneer in social-practice art.
President of International Rescue Committee David Miliband at Harvard
The president of the International Rescue Committee will speak on May 27.
Actress Natalie Portman ’03 named Harvard Class Day speaker 2015
The actress will address the class of 2015 on May 27.
by Laura Levis