University News

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

Wrought iron gate opening against a bright blue sky, showcasing intricate designs.

FAS Announces New Endowment for Ph.D. Candidates

A $50 million gift from alumni donors aims to protect research opportunities amid political uncertainty

by Jonathan Shaw , Schuyler L Velasco

"Harvard Volunteers in World War I: One Hundred Years After" appears in tribute

Harvard’s World War I participants are honored in an updated volume edited by Douglass M. Carver ’59.

Light from the Calderwood Courtyard is ideal for the display of ancient sculpture, like this Roman work.

Harvard's Art Museums reopen in Renzo Piano building designed for teaching

Harvard’s Art Museums reopen, poised to fulfill their pedagogical purpose.

David Ellwood

Harvard Kennedy School Dean David Ellwood steps down

The Harvard Kennedy School’s leader will conclude his service at the end of the academic year.

The image shows human-stem-cell-derived beta cells that have formed islet-like clusters in a mouse. The cells were transplanted to the kidney capsule (the fibrous connective layer surrounding the kidneys); the photograph was taken two weeks later, by which time the beta cells were making insulin and had cured the diabetes in the mouse.

Harvard's Douglas Melton creates functional insulin-producing human beta cells

Douglas Melton creates working beta cells from stem cells for eventual use in treatment of Type 1 diabetes.

Research into medical marijuana and cognitive function

Novelist Patricia Cornwell donates $500,000 to McLean program studying the drug's effect on cognitive function.

Harvard Center for European Studies scholar writes new book on the Berlin Wall

A scholar at the Center for European Studies traces the unexpected causes of the opening of divided Berlin.

Peter Gomes

Harvard remembers Peter Gomes in Memorial Minute

The late Pusey minister in Memorial Church is memorialized by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Grammy-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth performs at Dumbarton Oaks.

Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard's Washington, D.C., center, celebrates new spaces

Harvard’s Washington, D.C., humanities center enhances its community—and its intellectual reach

Cherry Murray

Harvard engineering dean Cherry Murray honored

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences dean receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Harvard Kennedy School campus expansion

An ambitious expansion and reconfiguration goes before Cambridge planners.