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

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.

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.