University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Funds Student “Bridges” Projects
Eight new initiatives to build community on campus will get underway early next year.
Harvard building boom
A campus construction program of unprecedented proportions
Recruiting economic diversity
The College admissions office shares strategies.
by Alisha Ukani
Derek Bok on reforming higher ed
Derek Bok and other scholars weigh in on improving universities and colleges—and why that’s hard to do.
Harvard Social Club Ban?
A Harvard committee proposes eliminating unsanctioned student social organizations.
Lieber named University Professor
The pioneering chemist of bio-compatible transistors and other nanoscale wonders receives Harvard’s highest faculty honor.
S. Allen Counter Has Died
The director of the Harvard Foundation passed away after a brief illness.
Harvard to Ban Final Clubs Outright?
Membership in any and all unrecognized student social organizations would be prohibited.
Harvard President Faust stepping down 2018
An expected transition, as the University’s twenty-eighth president plans to conclude her service.
Harvard College quantitative requirement
The vexatious business of defining a gen-ed course in quantitative literacy
Harvard College final club sanctions
The College’s final-club sanctions: an update