University News

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

Harvard President Alan Garber Helps First-Years Move In

As a potential settlement with the Trump administration looms, Garber gets students settled. 

by Olivia Farrar

Harvardians on Time 100 list

Three Harvard affiliates have been listed on Time magazine's annual inventory of the world's 100 most influential people.

Lisa Hogarty is Harvard's new vice president for campus services

Lisa Hogarty will assume responsibility for Harvard's dining services, real estate, and the University operations center.

Nine Harvard faculty elected National Academy of Sciences

The disciplines represented range from economics and sociology to statistics, applied physics, and medicine.

Scholars from Harvard and beyond address "hard problems" in the social sciences

Scholars from Harvard and elsewhere name their fields' most pressing problems, and open a forum for public debate on the Web.

Bill Gates urges Harvard students toward public service

In a speech at Harvard, Gates exhorts students to commit their energies to solving the world's most pressing problems. Plus, audio from a conversation with Gates.

Harvard in China: panelists address urban planning and sustainable growth

A panel discussion with Mohsen Mostafavi, Alex Krieger, Lin Wang, John C. Portman III, Wu Jiang, and Yu Kongjian

University affiliates win Pulitzer Prizes

Among the winners announced yesterday were two alumni and a longtime Expository Writing preceptor.

Lee elected Harvard Corporation member

A successor to departing Senior Fellow James R. Houghton

Northwest Building at Harvard Law School

The building’s façade is now visible.

Harvard College appoints three House masters

A Business School professor, a stem-cell scientist, and a literature professor assume leadership roles in undergraduate life