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

“An Extraordinarily Painful and Disorienting Time for Harvard”

Interim President Alan Garber’s community message

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard President Claudine Gay Resigns

Steps down amid controversies over campus conduct during the Middle East war and criticisms of academic integrity

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Admits 8.7 Percent of Undergraduate Early Applicants

The College class of 2028 begins to form in a new admissions era.

by John S. Rosenberg

Free Speech on Campus

Amid complaints of antisemitism at Harvard, a discussion on the limits of political speech

by Lydialyle Gibson

The Collapse of Gaza’s Healthcare System

British-Palestinian surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah on working in Gaza’s hospitals

by Nina Pasquini

Harvard Corporation Supports President Gay

The Harvard Corporation issued a statement of support for President Claudine Gay Tuesday morning.

by Jonathan Shaw

News in Brief

Nobel laureate in economics, public-health dean, breaking ground in Allston, and more

FAS: Faculty and Fisc

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences’s fisc—and aging professoriate

by John S. Rosenberg

Financial Fitness

Harvard sustains a fiscal 2023 operating surplus—and endowment returns turn (modestly) positive.

by John S. Rosenberg

The Dogs of War

Harvard’s reactions to Hamas’s terrorism and Israel’s response