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

Harvard Business School Dean Jay Light to Step Down

Light joined the HBS faculty in 1969 and has been dean since 2005.

Teaching new leaders to transform America's schools

Updated Harvard Graduate School of Education’s new doctoral program aims to transform K-12 schooling.

H1N1 Flu a Matter of Security, Frenk Says

The dean of the Harvard School of Public Health connects pandemics and policy in a lunchtime talk.

Harvard Graduate School of Education doctorate of education leadership

The Graduate School of Education creates a new doctor of education leadership program.

Promoting diversity in the field of architecture

A summer program at the Graduate School of Design aims to attract more minority students to architecture.

by Melanie E. Long

"If You Love Rats"

The Harvard Medical School Class Day address

Martha Minow Appointed Dean of Harvard Law School

Martha Minow, a member of the law school faculty since 1981, has been appointed dean, succeeding Elena Kagan, now solicitor general of the United States.

General Petraeus Speaks at the Kennedy School

General David Petraeus spoke on military and security issues at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Cherry A. Murray Named SEAS Dean

Murray comes to Harvard from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and was previously a senior vice president at Bell Laboratories.

A Global Health View

A profile of Julio Frenk, new dean of the Harvard School of Public Health