University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
How AI Is Reshaping Supply Chains
Harvard Kennedy School lecturer on using AI to strengthen supply chains
Harvard Forest director David Foster to speak at 10/19 event for alumni donors
Alumni who join the Friends of Harvard Magazine can attend the October 19 event at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Harvard alumni Perlmutter, Schmidt, Riess win 2011 Nobel Prize in physics
An astrophysical hat trick, for work on supernovae and the expansion of the universe
New poll shows Elizabeth Warren in tight race for Senate seat
The Harvard Law School professor is in a dead heat with Republican senator Scott Brown.
Medical alumnus Ralph M. Steinman wins Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
The Harvard Medical School alumnus wins the award three days after his death.
National Science Foundation announces new family-friendly policies
The measures aim to keep women in academic research from having to choose between work and family.
New Harvard library structure built around affinity groups
The library system will adopt a new structure built around affinity groups.
Yale, MIT, Duke, Cornell report strong 2011 investment returns, endowment growth
Endowments at Yale, MIT, Duke, and Cornell rebound in the latest fiscal year.
Sue Goldie, Daniel Lord Smail, George Whitesides featured in New York Times
Professors Goldie, Smail, and Whitesides all work on topics featured in one day’s New York Times
The Lab @ Harvard’s fall exhibition featured innovative ideas
The Lab @ Harvard’s fall exhibition featured innovative ideas from students across the globe.
Douglas Melton, Rebecca Henderson named Harvard University Professors
The stem-cell biology specialist and the scholar of organizational change are honored for wide-ranging work.