University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Medical School Renames Diversity Office, Revamps Recruitment Program
The latest in a broader rollback of DEI at the University
by Nina Pasquini
St. Louis Blues
Urban planners and scholars talk racism and exclusion in St. Louis.
by Lydialyle Gibson
What Is Critical Race Theory?
And why it is a subject of protest at Harvard Law School
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Harvard Corporation to Drop Law School Shield Linked to Slavery
The announcement follows a Law School committee’s recommendation to abandon the shield.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Harvard Sexual Assault Report Calls for Training, Culture Change
The report urges annual prevention training for faculty and students, more funding, and changes in final clubs.
by Jonathan Shaw
Law School Committee Recommends Abandoning Shield Linked to Slavery
The recommendation follows three months of investigation into the shield’s history.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Harvard Capital Campaign Nearing $6.5-Billion Goal
Now comes the harder part: fulfilling under-funded priorities.
by John S. Rosenberg
Harvard Files Amicus Brief in Graduate Student Unionization Case
The University argues that the relationship between graduate students and universities should remain academic, not managerial, and student labor unions would “damage private sector graduate education.”
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Brevia
Shirley Tilghman on the Corporation, Jane Yellen at Radcliffe, encouraging entrepreneurs, aiming at endowments, and more
Kennedy School, Under Construction
Building capacity, literally, at the public-policy campus
Michelle A. Williams Appointed Harvard Public Health Dean
A faculty member and alumna becomes a leader in Longwood.
by John S. Rosenberg