University News

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

Trump Administration Appeals Order Restoring $2.7 Billion in Funding to Harvard

The appeal, which had been expected, came two days before the deadline to file.

by Jonathan Shaw

Stephen Greenblatt, Tracy K. Smith win Pulitzers in general nonfiction, poetry

The professor wins for general nonfiction, the 1994 alumna for poetry; two former Nieman Fellows also honored.

Making art in Harvard classrooms

Art-making moves into the Harvard College curriculum

Harvard President's Challenge social entrepreneurship finalists announcewd

The social entrepreneurship contest’s winner will be revealed next month.

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg is HBS Class Day speaker

The Facebook COO will address degree candidates on May 23.

Henry Kissinger speaks candidly about foreign policy at Harvard

The former Secretary of State discusses foreign policy with fellow scholars.

Construction update on the Harvard Art Museum

Alumni returning to Cambridge this spring will find the Fogg expansion looming large.

Brazilian government will fund undergraduate, graduate study at Harvard

The country's government will sponsor undergraduates, graduate students, and a visiting professorship.

Harvard president Faust to join Staples Inc. board

Nominated to be director of Staples, Inc.

Harvard Art Museums delay Fogg reopening until 2014

New art-museum schedule reflects complex construction, reinstallation