University News

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

Harvard Medical School Renames Diversity Office, Revamps Recruitment Program

The latest in a broader rollback of DEI at the University

by Nina Pasquini

Fate of Graduate-Student Union Still Unknown

The National Labor Relations Board will conduct hearings to determine the results of the election. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova , Sophia Nguyen

Harvard’s Essential Values “In These Unsettling Times”

President Drew Faust addresses the faculty on undocumented students, research funding, endowments in a new era

by John S. Rosenberg

Bioentrepreneurship

Harvard's three-legged encouragement of entrepreneurship

by John S. Rosenberg

Workers and Wages

A strike, negotiations, and a vote on wages, benefits, and union recognition

by Marina N. Bolotnikova , John S. Rosenberg

Nobel Duo

Two Harvardians win Nobel Prizes, in peace and in economics. 

Brevia

Medical School dean, humanities and sciences honorands, and an app for thriving at Harvard

Can Harvard Advance Social Justice and Inclusion?

A new presidential task force attempts to square the demands of students with the University’s daily life.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Convocation for a Bicentennial

Harvard Divinity School begins a celebratory year.

by Jean Martin

Private Universities Must Recognize Graduate-Student Unions

The National Labor Relations Board ruling overturns prior law—and Harvard’s own position.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

The Purpose of Harvard Law School

Why do Harvard Law students flock overwhelmingly to corporate law?

by Marina N. Bolotnikova