University News

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

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

Seven Harvard Students Rhodes Scholars

Seven Yale students, two each from Cornell and Stanford, and one from Brown also honored.

Harvard Business School students model in a 2012 fashion show for charity

The annual fashion show put on by Harvard Business School students raises money for charity.

Harvard urges Congress to protect federal research funding

Joins 15 other leading Massachusetts universities and hospitals in urging Congress to reach a resolution.

Ken Burns visits Harvard to discuss his new PBS documentary "The Dust Bowl"

Ken Burns shares clips from his chronicle of one of the worst man-made ecological disasters in American history.

Q&A with Harvard's Seth Stephens-Davidowitz on Google for voting patterns

Seth Stephens-Davidowitz uses Google Insights for Search to analyze voting patterns and turnout, and to predict the winner.

Harvard redesigns the Science Center Plaza for the common space initiative

A redesigned Science Center plaza will serve a new social function for the Cambridge campus.

Harvard 2012 annual financial report shows break-even year

Harvard reports a break-even 2012 in its annual financial report—and paints a stark picture of new fiscal realities.

Harvard's Faust at inauguration of Bates College president A. Clayton Spencer

Harvard and personal references as President Drew Faust joins the inauguration of A. Clayton Spencer as eighth president of Bates College

Atul Gawande speaks about excellence at Harvard Graduate School of Education

The HMS professor speaks on the difference between being competent and great.

Campaign co-chair Glenn Hutchins donates $30-million to Harvard house renewal

Glenn Hutchins ’77, J.D.-M.B.A. ’83, co-chair of FAS campaign, makes a $30-million gift.