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.
Harvard launches first edX courses
Harvard begins massive online courses through its edX venture with MIT and Berkeley, aiming to improve education on and beyond campus
Harvard economics professor Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley ’44 share Nobel prize
A faculty member and an alumnus are recognized for work on the design of markets and matching theory.
Harvard Business School new Chao building fellowships
The Chao Family Foundation donates $40 million for an executive-education facility and fellowships.
Harvard arts and sciences 2012 annual report
Dean Michael Smith's annual report to the faculty
Harvard library new portal and reorganization
Internal “services-held-in-common” organization and single point of online entry to the library are unveiled.
Medical School adopts new staffing, processes for animal care
Following animal deaths and government investigations, Dean Jeffrey S. Flier endorses recommendations for New England Primate Research Center
Can the U.S. compete? A discussion with Harvard Business School faculty members
A discussion with Harvard Business School faculty members
Harvard news: solar cells, edX rolls out, Drew Faust on TV, and more
Harvard's largest solar installation, edX develops, Drew Faust’s research becomes a TV program, the Gilgamesh sculpture, and more
Short profile of David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine
David Jones, Ackerman professor of the culture of medicine, works in both history and medicine.
Xiao-Li Meng is the new dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
The statistics professor succeeds Allan Brandt.