University News

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

The School of Public Health, Facing a Financial Reckoning, Seizes the Chance to Reinvent Itself

Dean Andrea Baccarelli plans for a smaller, more impactful Chan School of 2030.

by Jonathan Shaw

Samantha Power will deliver 2014 Harvard Kennedy School Commencement Address

U.S. ambassador to the U.N Samantha Power will speak to graduates.

Harvard students interested in public health gain field experience in Brazil

Students spend their January term immersed in experiential learning.

Vivek Murthy, embattled surgeon general nominee, class day speaker at HMS

The embattled nominee for surgeon general will address medical and dental school graduates.

Social medicine’s lessons for a first-year Harvard Medical School student

A medical student learns about SNAP and social medicine.

by J Bradley Segal

Electronic communications policy draft released by Harvard for comment

The task force recommends a University-wide, mission-focused policy.

Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative

“Third-stage” learners using a novel Harvard curriculum engage social challenges.

by John S. Rosenberg

Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman discusses life and work in behavioral economics

At Harvard, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman discusses decisionmaking with Walmsley University professor Cass Sunstein of Harvard Law School.

A Harvard Kennedy School forum considers women and their role in world peace.

An HKS forum considers women and their role in world peace.

Daniel K. Ludwig Bequest Endows Study of Cancer's Resistance to Therapy

The Ludwig Cancer Research gift endows the study of resistance to therapy.