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

Harvard Law School Releases Digital Archive of Nuremberg Trials

Thousands of documents chronicle the Nazi regime and the legal effort to exact justice.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Professors and extracurriculars promote their wares as classes begin at Harvard

Harvard Yard kiosks blossom with flyers for courses and extracurriculars as classes begin.

Drew Faust’s Morning Prayers for the 375th Anniversary

The president, as historian, puts Harvard's present and prospects in context.

Economist Kenneth Rogoff prescribes a heterodox cure for the recession

A prominent economist prescribes a heterodox cure for the persistent recession.

The Harvard Corporation’s three new members

The Harvard Corporation’s three new members

Harvard issues a new blueprint for its Allston property

The University has issued a new set of recommendations for its landholdings there.

Drew Faust on Harvard’s aims at 375

A president in her fifth year surveys the University on the eve of its 375th.

New Settings for Fine Art at Harvard

As a redesigned museum rises, curators choose works for display and plan to increase faculty involvement in the process.

Harvard at 400

Visions of the University in 2036

by Craig Lambert

Roundup of recent Harvard news

Marc Hauser resigns, Kennedy School celebrates its seventy-fifth anniversary, new organ for Memorial Church, Fay House renovations, and other Harvard news

In U.S. Politics, the Color Line Persists, Says Randall Kennedy

Harvard law professor Randall Kennedy's book calls Obama “enigmatic” on race.