University News

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

Harvard Students Restore the Old Burying Ground

Members of the Hasty Pudding Institute help revive the graves of former Harvard presidents.

by Olivia Farrar

In the Laboratory at Harvard, art and science mix

Bioengineering professor David Edwards aims to provide a physical and conceptual space for maximizing creativity.

Safra Foundation Center for Ethics to host Eliot Spitzer talk

Eliot Spitzer, J.D. ’84, is scheduled to speak next week as part of a lecture series on institutional corruption.

Articles about Elizabeth Warren, economic-development failures, and more

Our news roundup also includes items on the dying trees of Martha's Vineyard; financial incentives for innovation; and more on ROTC.

Articles about ROTC, Ayn Rand, Orhan Pamuk, AIDS art, and more

Our news roundup also includes a Faust interview, a Mankiw column, and a novel satirizing the world of bestselling novels.

SEAS dean Cherry Murray fosters strategic planning

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences develops a 10-year strategic plan.

The endowment’s swoon

A status report on the state of the endowment

Harvard FAS financial update

An early-semester financial talk by the dean

Start-of-year address by Harvard president Faust

President Faust opens the academic year with a State of the University address.

Harvard Medal of Honor winners recognized

The University’s Medal of Honor recipients are memorialized.

Harvard construction update

An update on Harvard construction