University News

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

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Faces a $350 Million Deficit

At a faculty meeting, Dean Hopi Hoekstra advocates for long-term, structural solutions.

by Joanna M Weiss

"A Very Intimate and Painful Reckoning"

Dean Claudine Gay on the Native American hair clippings in Harvard’s holdings

by Lydialyle Gibson

Deprivation’s Mark on the Brain

Neglected children’s neurodevelopmental impairments persist into young adulthood.

by Daniel Oberhaus

How Coupons Keep Drugs Costly

Pharmaceutical companies subsidize the cost of their drugs to keep prices high.

by Erin O’Donnell

Hybrid Work’s Sweet Spot

A business school study finds hybrid workers generate more novel and useful information.

by Colleen Walsh

Admissions on Trial

The Supreme Court hears the Harvard and UNC admissions cases.

Black Ink—and Red

A huge budget surplus, but a down year for the endowment

by John S. Rosenberg

A Fitter FAS

The dean’s annual report, plus updates on the faculty and its finances

by John S. Rosenberg

News in Brief

Rankled about rankings, acting on the slavery report, and more

The Happiness Revolutionary

Arthur Brooks moved beyond policy—to something deeper.

by Nancy Walecki

Allston Performing Arts Center Planned

The project will also include Harvard housing.

by Jonathan Shaw