University News

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

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faces a $350 Million Deficit

At a faculty meeting, Dean Hopi Hoekstra advocates for long-term, structural solutions.

by Joanna M Weiss

The Burst of the South Sea Bubble

A Harvard Business School exhibit documents the first global financial crisis. 

by Ryan Doan-Nguyen

Marla Frederick Named Dean of Harvard Divinity School

The scholar of the African American religious experience will become dean January 1.

by Jonathan Shaw

Embracing AI

The dawn of the virtual teaching fellow

by Jonathan Shaw

Honoring Alumni Interviewers

Miller-Hunn Award recipients

A “Scholar’s Scholar”

A profile of Harvard’s thirtieth president

by John S. Rosenberg

The New Crew

The 2023-24 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows. 

The Elephant in the Room

Conservative undergraduates’ campus debates

by Max J. Krupnick

Picking Team Players

A test can identify these productivity-boosting personnel.

by Max J. Krupnick

New Digs

Claudine Gay’s first day in her presidential office

After Affirmative Action

The Supreme Court upends admissions.

by Jonathan Shaw , Lincoln Caplan