University News

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

A portrait of Harvard faculty member Willy Shih

Five Questions with Willy Shih

A Harvard Business School professor unpacks the economics of semiconductors.

by Olivia Farrar

Harvard men's basketball garners first NCAA tournament berth since 1946

Harvard men gain first NCAA basketball berth since 1946.

Lady Gaga poses with a fan near the Science Center before the Sanders Theatre panel.

Lady Gaga launches the Born This Way Foundation at Harvard

A star-studded panel celebrates the launch of the Born This Way Foundation.

Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory version of Ibsen play to become a Demme film

Their version of Ibsen's The Master Builder will become a film.

Harvard study finds stem cells in ovaries grow eggs

The findings could have implications for treating infertility.

A group of Radcliffe students socialize in a common room in Moors Hall circa 1950.

Coed housing transition remembered in Pforzheimer House panel and exhibit

Remembering co-residency’s trial run

by Katherine Xue

Led by professor of history Maya Jasanoff (from left), Harvard faculty Martin Puchner, Ann Pearson, Hopi Hoekstra, and David Charbonneau participate in Conversations @ FAS, a panel discussion that imagines how current trends may transform the way Harvard faculty teach and carry out their research in the future. The discussion was held in the Tsai Auditorium of CGIS South at Harvard University.

Jasanoff, Charbonneau, Pearson, Puchner, Hoekstra imagine Harvard in 2036

"Young superstars" from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences speculate about Harvard circa 2036

Allston competition, Harvard admissions, primate care, and other news

Competition for Allston development, College admissions, Old Leverett House renewal, primate care, and more

The <em>Rajpath,</em> or King’s Way, in New Delhi runs from the federal government complex to the India Gate monument (seen through morning fog in the distance). It is the route for the annual Republic Day parade.

Harvard curricular and research connections to India

President Faust's first visit to the South Asian nation highlights research and curricular connections old and new.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Allan M. Brandt

Allan Brandt, Harvard graduate school dean, steps down for health reasons

Allan Brandt faces health issue; Richard Tarrant is interim dean.

Knicks basketballer Jeremy Lin on Sports Illustrated cover

The magazine will put the red-hot New York Knicks guard on the front of its next issue.