University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Five Questions with Javier Ortega-Hernández
A professor of evolutionary biology on what shaped life more than 500 million years ago
Portfolio Diet May Reduce Long-Term Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke, Harvard Researchers Find
A little-known diet improves cardiovascular health through several distinct mechanisms.
Civil Discourse and Institutional Neutrality Task Forces
Two Harvard working groups assess constructive dialogue, institutional voice
Making the Public Record Public
Harvard legal database released
Harvard College Admits Class of 2028
A smaller undergraduate applicant cohort—the first since Supreme Court ended affirmative action
Reparations as Public Health
A Harvard forum on the racial health gap
Unionizing Harvard Academic Workers
Pay, child care, workplace protections at issue
A Harvard Agenda Shaped by Speech
The work underway in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Dialogue, not Debate
American University’s Lara Schwartz, J.D. ’98, teaches productive disagreement.
LaToya M. Hobbs Exhibit "Carving Out Time" Debuts at Harvard Art Museums
A monumental exhibit of woodblock prints from the Harvard Art Museums
Universities in Public Debates
Institutional position-taking at Harvard and in higher education