University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
12,000 Harvard Alumni File Amicus Brief in Funding Freeze Lawsuit
Alumni from every Harvard school and class since 1950 rally behind the University
by Nina Pasquini
Kevin Young Named 2024 Harvard Arts Medalist
Museum director and poet to be honored April 24
by John S. Rosenberg
The State of Black America
Harvard African American scholars take stock of a difficult moment.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Threats Foreign and Domestic
Joseph Nye discusses geopolitics and Harvard’s challenges.
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Interim President’s Agenda
Alan Garber on campus speech, academics, and his other Harvard priorities
by John S. Rosenberg
Inside Harvard’s Taylor Swift Class
An English course pairs the music with Willa Cather, William Wordsworth, and Dolly Parton.
by Nina Pasquini
News in Brief
Education dean and football coach step down, a significant art acquisition, and more
Talking about Talking
Fostering healthy disagreement
by Max J. Krupnick
Reengineering Arts and Sciences
Spurring innovation, rethinking departments, tapping centers—and Ph.D. support
by John S. Rosenberg
A Presidency’s End
Controversies over terrorism and antisemitism, free speech, plagiarism, and broader cultural currents bring a brief presidency to a traumatic end.
by John S. Rosenberg
Kenneth C. Frazier and Joseph Y. Bae to Join Harvard Corporation
Will succeed David M. Rubenstein and Paul Finnegan
by John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw