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

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Harvard’s Endowment, Donations Rise—but the University Runs a Deficit

The annual financial report signals severe challenges to come.

by John S. Rosenberg

FAS budget savings realized and yet to come

Dean Michael D. Smith details hard-won budget improvements--and the challenges remaining.

Yale endowment losses and spending cuts deepen

Eli President Richard C. Levin signals deeper endowment losses and spending cuts. What are the implications for Harvard's finances?

Harvard endowment falls from $36.9 billion to $26 billion

Harvard Management Company's annual report quantifies the punishing decline in the value of the University's endowment.

Harvard grapples with fallout from the endowment's decline

An update on the University's economic situation

Roundup of recent Harvard news

Short takes on recent news

Katherine N. Lapp

Lapp Named Harvard EVP

University of California EVP succeeds Edward C. Forst '82.

"Resizing," before "Reshaping"

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences tackles a massive budget crisis.

Printed Catalogs: R.I.P.

A Harvard fixture bites the dust.

Fiftieth reunioners David Leipziger, Kitty Beer, and Howard Kristol, J.D. ’62.

"Thank You, Alumni"

Reunioners and seniors of 2009 give the University a welcome assist.

Students and workers protested layoffs on June 25, in a march that began in Harvard Yard and proceeded to Holyoke Center.

Harvard Layoffs Update (June 30, 2009)

School-specific news on layoffs; FAS cost-cutting working groups; and the endowment's forward commitments