University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Judge Extends Block on Trump’s Travel Ban for Harvard’s International Students
A longer-term decision is expected within a week.
by Nina Pasquini
New Dean for Public Health
Environmental scientist and endocrinologist Andrea Baccarelli studies the biological impacts of pollution.
by Max J. Krupnick
“Let Us Be Courageous Together”
Claudine Gay’s presidential installation
Real Estate by Design
A new Graduate School of Design degree
by John S. Rosenberg
News in Brief
New Divinity and Engineering and Applied Sciences deans, Kennedy School and Art Museums departures, and more
AI in the Academy
Generative AI can enhance teaching and learning but augurs a shift to oral forms of student assessment.
by Jonathan Shaw
Harvard Responds to Violence in Israel
As war in the Middle East rages, a war of words is fought at Harvard.
by Max J. Krupnick
Economist Claudia Goldin Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
She identified key drivers of gender differences in the labor market.
by Jonathan Shaw
“What Happened to the Dream?”
Loretta Lynch on pendulum of progress
by Max J. Krupnick
The GOP’s Return to Ideas?
Proposing a new Republican platform
by Max J. Krupnick
Five Harvardians win MacArthur Fellowships
Historian Imani Perry wins for her scholarship on black Americans’ resistance to racism
by Lydialyle Gibson