University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Faculty Debate Plan to Cap A Grades
At a lively meeting, faculty members weighed a grade inflation plan that most agreed is imperfect.
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.
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.