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

by Olivia Farrar

A Contest for Supremacy: Aaron L. Friedberg on the Sino-American rivalry

Aaron L. Friedberg writes that the U.S.-China power balance is a cause for concern.

Stanford endowment growth beats Harvard's

Endowment, growing faster than Harvard's, rises 19.5 percent to $16.5 billion.

2011 Harvard endowment results: value rises $4.4 billion to $32 billion

A "strong" investment performance in a year of robust markets—but with warnings about current conditions

Radcliffe Institute dean search is launched, Drew Faust announces

Nominations are solicited, and an advisory committee is named.

Allston work team recommendations endorsed by Harvard Corporation

A multiyear process of planning, community engagement, and prospective development is outlined.

Five Harvard MacArthur winners

Professors Fryer, Greiner, and Nock, and graduates Gang and Miles are awarded $500,000 fellowships.

John Lithgow talks on the arts to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

The actor talks on the arts to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Brown president Ruth Simmons retires

An Ivy League transition

Alumnae Nancy Knowlton and Sandra Steingraber win Heinz awards for environment

Scientist Nancy Knowlton and author Sandra Steingraber recognized

Harvard experts on testosterone, fathering

Harvard experts on how behavior changes physiology