University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Five Questions with Tien Jiang
How brushing and flossing can protect your heart
Harvard Law School Committee Recommends Abandoning Shield Linked to Slavery
The recommendation follows three months of investigation into the shield’s history.
Harvard capital campaign nears $6.5-billion goal
Now comes the harder part: fulfilling under-funded priorities.
Harvard Files Amicus Brief with NLRB 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.”
Harvard spring 2016 news briefs
Shirley Tilghman on the Corporation, Jane Yellen at Radcliffe, encouraging entrepreneurs, aiming at endowments, and more
Harvard Kennedy School campus construction
Building capacity, literally, at the public-policy campus
Michelle Williams appointed Harvard public health dean
A faculty member and alumna becomes a leader in Longwood.
Graduate School Doubles Paid Time Off for Student Parents
The annnouncement comes amid a movement to form a graduate student labor union.
Harvard Graduate Students Move to Unionize
Graduate students seek to form a labor union.
Capital campaign update: Harvard Law kicks off
Updates on The Harvard Campaign
Engineering the future of Harvard’s SEAS
SEAS dean Frank Doyle shares insights.