University News

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

Government Seeks More Harvard Admissions Data

Justice Department says it needs proof that Harvard is complying with a 2023 Supreme Court ruling.

by Jonathan Shaw

A Harvard undergraduate on growing up and taking risks

A Harvard undergraduate ponders growing up and taking risks.

by Maia Silber

Climate change panel debates solutions, including divestment tactic

A panel of experts debates the best path forward.

by Jonathan Shaw

Appealing area restaurants for Harvard's Commencement and reunion week

Celebrating the graduates and their families, without the throng

by Nell Porter-Brown

Commencement week calendar

Commencement week calendar

Harvard climate change, divestment, honor code, and more

Climate change, divestment, the honor code, Olympics, fundraising, MOOCs, and more

Deval Patrick at Harvard Commencement, Harvard admissions, and more

Deval Patrick at Commencement, College admissions—and $60,000 term bills, public-affairs VP, and more University news

Divest Harvard Protesters Blockade President Faust's Massachusetts Hall Office

Invoking history, activists call weeklong event the “lunch-counter moment for the twenty-first century.”

by Stephanie Garlock

Talking with Tracy K. Smith, author of "Ordinary Light"

The poet discusses her newest book, the memoir Ordinary Light.

by Sophia Nguyen

Peabody museum curators discuss archaeology of Harvard Yard project

Archaeologists examine printing type found deep in Harvard Yard.

by Stephanie Garlock