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
Back to the Bond Market
Harvard’s new borrowings foretell ambitious new building programs.
John Manning Appointed Interim Provost
Harvard Law School dean moves to central administration
Kevin Young Named 2024 Harvard Arts Medalist
Museum director and poet to be honored April 24
The State of Black America
Harvard African American scholars take stock of a difficult moment.
Threats Foreign and Domestic
Joseph Nye discusses geopolitics and Harvard’s challenges.
The Interim President’s Agenda
Alan Garber on campus speech, academics, and his other Harvard priorities
Inside Harvard’s Taylor Swift Course
An English course pairs the music with Willa Cather, William Wordsworth, and Dolly Parton.
News in Brief
Education dean and football coach step down, a significant art acquisition, and more
Talking about Talking
Fostering healthy disagreement
Reengineering Arts and Sciences
Spurring innovation, rethinking departments, tapping centers—and Ph.D. support