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

Two books on a wooden table; one is hardcover with a green cover, the other is in a box.

Harvard Law School Releases Digital Archive of Nuremberg Trials

Thousands of documents chronicle the Nazi regime and the legal effort to exact justice.

by Lydialyle Gibson

FDR (first row, second from left) and his roommate Lathrop Brown (first row, far right) pose with fellow Glee Club members in the fall of their freshman year.

“The Roosevelts,” and Harvard

Historian Geoffrey Ward provides a Crimson backdrop for the new Ken Burns miniseries.

Harvard faculty on climate change

Further faculty-administration communications—and actions on other campuses

A screen shot of the class of 2018's Instagram Scavenger Hunt posts.

Harvard freshmen tackle an Instagram scavenger hunt

On a scavenger hunt, freshmen find their sense of home.

Hampden Hall, at 8 Plympton Street, is one of the Harvard-owned buildings in the Square sheltering Dunster House residents this year.

Harvard's Dunster House community adjusts to relocation.

The Dunster House community adjusts to relocation.

by Francesca Annic...

Dr. Gerald Chan found his life’s course at Harvard School of Public Health; now, his family’s foundation is making a gift that transforms the school’s path and potential.

Harvard Public Health School receives $350-million gift

A transformational gift undergirds a global health agenda.

Harvard changes employee health benefits

The University asks employees to assume more of their health care costs.

Undergraduate Council vice president Sietse Goffard ’15 (at left) and president Gus Mayopoulos ’15 present the freshmen with their class banner.

Freshman convocation for Harvard College class of 2018

Applause and advice at Harvard’s Freshman Convocation

President Drew Faust speaks at morning prayers in Appleton Chapel on the first day of classes.

Harvard president Drew Faust at 2014 morning prayers

Harvard president Drew Faust welcomes the new school year at morning prayers.

James Watkins ’16 participates in an individual wrestling competition in Mongolia.

A Harvard undergraduate reflects on traveling and working in Mongolia

An undergraduate travels and works in Mongolia

by James Watkins

During Ramadan in Tunis, an undergraduate observes, the mood is celebratory and marked by a spirit of generosity. The photograph shows the audience dancing during a late-night traditional concert held at the Roman amphitheater in Carthage, Tunis.

A Harvard undergraduate recounts fasting during Ramadan in Tunis

Experiencing the ways religious observance affects daily life in another country

by Aman Rizvi