University News

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

When Code Meets Canvas

In brushstrokes and bytes, a symposium at Harvard explores data, perception, and art.

by Olivia Farrar

Henry Rosovsky Memorial Service May 31

President Bacow invites the community to remember a Harvard giant.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Discloses Administrator and Investment Manager Pay

The annual report on leaders’ compensation

by Jonathan Shaw

Fixing a “World on Fire”

Addressing the climate crisis at the Salata Institute’s first symposium

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard’s Sustainability Plan

A holistic approach to human and planetary health considers other impacts of fossil fuel combustion, not just greenhouse gases.

by Jonathan Shaw

The 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

Carl Phillips and Hua Hsu honored in poetry and memoir

by Lydialyle Gibson

Larry Wilmore Named College Class Day Speaker

Writer, television producer, comedian, and actor challenges the racial and political status quo.

by Nancy Walecki

Faculty Honors, and a Farewell

A changing of the guard, in Mass Hall and University Hall

by Jonathan Shaw

Radcliffe Parole Reform Panel Features Rapper

Rapper Meek Mill and three other formerly incarcerated panelists argue for parole reform.

by Max J. Krupnick

Mindfulness and Public Health

Monks and researchers gathered at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to launch a new center for mindfulness.

by Max J. Krupnick

Finding the Descendants of Enslavement

An update on the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, an HBCU library partnership, and curricula for teaching difficult institutional history

by Lydialyle Gibson