University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Former Homeland Security Chief Says ICE and CBP Have “Lost Their Way”
At Kennedy School talk, Jeh Johnson advocates restructuring “outdated” DHS.
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown chides Harvard on ROTC
Scott Brown declares that Harvard should allow the military program to operate on campus.
Llosa Nobel literature
The writer was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree in 1999.
Harvard College BGLT working group
Dean Evelynn Hammonds wants to consider "a number of important questions about BGLT student experiences."
Faculty of Arts and Sciences proceeds toward a capital campaign
Dean Michael D. Smith outlines financial gains, academic progress, and emerging ambitions as the pace of planning for University fundraising accelerates.
Harvard humanities center endowed
Securing a hub for interdisciplinary discourse
Giles to retire from Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard.
The center for sustaining and strengthening journalism will seek a new director.
The interdisciplinary social studies concentration celebrates 50 years
The interdisciplinary undergraduate concentration celebrates half a century of applying great thinkers' ideas to the problems of the world.
Harvard doctoral programs highly ranked
The National Research Council's long-awaited assessment finds many strengths in the University's graduate educational offerings.
Two Harvard affiliated MacArthur Fellows
A legal historian and a population geneticist are recognized.
Stanford's 2011 endowment report outpaces Harvard, Yale
A rate of return and endowment growth much higher than Harvard's and Yale's