University News

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

The School of Public Health, Facing a Financial Reckoning, Seizes the Chance to Reinvent Itself

Dean Andrea Baccarelli plans for a smaller, more impactful Chan School of 2030.

by Jonathan Shaw

Free speech and civil discourse promoted at Harvard

Opening-days messages focus on free speech and civil discourse within Harvard.

by John S. Rosenberg

Sesame Street's fiftieth anniversary party at Harvard

Sesame Street celebrates a 50-year collaboration with Harvard.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Arts and Sciences Academic Priorities and Finances

Claudine Gay’s annual report to the faculty outlines broad goals—and challenging circumstances.

Proposed NLRB Rule Would Revoke Graduate Students’ Union Rights

A changed playing field as graduate student union, Harvard negotiate

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Sarah Whiting Harvard Design School Briefing

A fireside chat with the architects, landscape architects, and urban planners

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard President Bacow Morning Prayers Free Speech

President Bacow, at Morning Prayers, and deans, welcoming students, open the semester by addressing community values in a time of divisive discourse.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Business Law, Schools Prepare Entering Students

Harvard professional schools help their incoming students thrive. 

by John S. Rosenberg

Updates on Peter Brand, Roland Fryer, the graduate-student union, and more

A coach cashiered, a professor sanctioned, an Allston update, and more

New HGSE dean Bridget Terry Long takes stock a year in

New HGSE dean Bridget Terry Long seeks to “expand, double down, and deepen our impact.”

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard overhauls academic counseling, ends BSC

The College overhauls academic counseling.

by John S. Rosenberg