University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Helping Harvard Students Disagree
A facilitated conversation about facilitating conversation
by Kate Kaufman
Talking about Talking
Fostering healthy disagreement
Reengineering Arts and Sciences
Spurring innovation, rethinking departments, tapping centers—and Ph.D. support
Harvard Researchers on How to Use Federal Funding to Reduce Disparities in Pandemic Learning Losses
Expiring federal funds can address pandemic learning losses.
AI in the Academy
Generative AI can enhance teaching and learning but augurs a shift to oral forms of student assessment.
An “Egalitarian Curiosity”
How to encourage free speech and inquiry on campus
Embracing AI
The dawn of the virtual teaching fellow
Larry Bacow’s Parting Push
Allston, higher-education outreach, and free speech make for a busy conclusion to the twenty-ninth president’s Mass Hall tenure.
Axim Online Education Venture Debuts
The Harvard-MIT edX successor appoints Stephanie Khurana chief executive.
Beyond the Crisis Du Jour
President Bacow’s perspectives on “playing long ball” at Harvard again.
Post-Pandemic Pedagogy
The future of teaching and learning at Harvard—and beyond