University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Alumni Affairs Databases Breached
The University is investigating the cyberattack, which may have compromised the personal information of alumni, donors, students, faculty, and staff.
Harvard College applications increase for class of 2017
Applications rise slightly more than 2 percent from last year.
Harvard's Faust, Dean Jay Harris speak to faculty about cheating investigation
Harvard leaders address College cheating investigation
Harvard news: Allston development, education dean, social investing
Harvard news: Allston development, education dean departs, social investing, multimillion-dollar gifts to universities, and more
Harvard governance reform updated and described by Harvard Corporation members
Three Fellows offer a briefing on the effects of reforming the University's senior governing board.
HarvardX, edX, and online teaching, learning expand
HarvardX, edX, and online teaching and learning proliferate.
Harvard College reports on cheating investigation
Harvard College imposes penalties severe following investigation of undergraduate academic misconduct
Abigail Donovan and Laura Prager, pediatric psychiatrists and authors
The pediatric psychiatrists’ book depicts emergency-room experiences with mentally ill children.
Harvard moving School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to Allston campus
Harvard proposes moving the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to the University’s expanded campus.
An Air Forces Statistical School alumnus and Carl Vigeland on Archibald MacLeish
Statistically, a Harvard man—and Vigeland on MacLeish
Marc Lipsitch warns against experimentation with modified H5N1 virus
Modified H5N1 could infect a billion people if it escapes the lab.
by David Levin