University News

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

Joseph Nye, former Dean of Harvard Kennedy School and leading political scientist

Mark Carney on the Limits of Soft Power

At the 2026 Davos summit, the Canadian prime minister echoes Harvard’s Joseph Nye.

by Olivia Farrar

Radcliffe Rejuvenated: Days before Commencement, the Radcliffe Institute moved its administrative offices back into the newly renovated Fay House (shown here, the Atkinson Room, on the third floor). With the renovation of its main buildings now complete, the institute planned to redo its campus landscaping this summer.

Neimans, Brazilian students, engineering concentrations, and other news

Shading the Yard, new digital Niemans, Brazil's Harvard commitment, and more

Harvard faculty-administration tensions over personal financial planning

In a fiscally constrained era, faculty-administration tensions arise.

Russell Phillips

Meet Russell Phillips, director of the new HMS Center for Primary Care

Meet the director of Harvard Medical School's new Center for Primary Care.

Harvard MIT edX online learning venture

Harvard partners with MIT to form edX, an ambitious online learning venture.

John Adams and Walter Kohn

Harvard 2012 honorary degrees

The University confers honorary degrees on six men and two women.

Doctoral delight: new Ph.D.s Sung Hoon Kang, Kedron Thomas, and Rheana Juno Parrenas.

Harvard 2012 Commencement

Moments for reflection and projection during the 361st Commencement, in Harvard's 375th anniversary year

International draughts master Alex Mogilyansky with board and checkers in Langdell Library

Masters of skill games (poker, chess, bridge, draughts) convene at Harvard

Master players of poker, chess, draughts, bridge discuss how skill games enhance learning

Harvard plans a re-envisioned science building on the Western Avenue foundation where construction halted in 2010 (when this photograph was taken).

Harvard plans to resume work on Allston science center, housing

University aims to renew work on a science center, and to build housing

Radcliffe fellow Trethewey named poet laureate

Natasha Trethewey was a 2001 Radcliffe Institute Fellow.

Grand-prize winners of the Harvard University President’s Challenge for social entrepreneurship meet with President Drew Faust. Team Vaxess Technologies includes (from left) Michael Schrader, Kathryn Kosuda, Livio Valenti, and Patrick Ho.

Vaccine Delivery System Wins Harvard's President’s Challenge

Vaxess Technologies will receive $70,000 to support its research