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

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Harvard Magazine Questionnaire: The True Cost of Grade Inflation

A faculty committee is recommending changes to grading at Harvard College to limit an overabundance of A's. Add your voice to the conversation.

Harvard 2012 arts and sciences finances and ambitions

In the dean's annual report for 2012, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences achieves a budget goal—and sketches its ambitions

Jones professor of statistics Xiao-Li Meng, Ph.D. ’90 has been appointed dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Harvard news: Grad School dean Xiao-Li Meng, Marc Hauser, rugby, and more

Harvard news: Graduate School dean Xiao-Li Meng, Marc Hauser, University Professor Eric Maskin, and more

Jay Harris

Harvard College investigates cheating

The College investigates more than 100 students in an exam-cheating case—and explores broader teaching and learning concerns

David J. Malan in Sanders Theatre, teaching the wildly popular Computer Science 50

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

Dean Michael D. Smith

Harvard arts and sciences 2012 annual report

Dean Michael Smith's annual report to the faculty

The Harvard Library's new online portal debuted September 18.

Harvard library new portal and reorganization

Internal “services-held-in-common” organization and single point of online entry to the library are unveiled.

Jay Harris

Harvard academic leaders address College cheating investigation

The president and deans discuss the College's academic-integrity challenges in a Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting.

Holding their blue-trimmed class banner, sophomore class Undergraduate Council representatives Chris Smiles (at left) and Ryley Reynolds flank Catherine Katz ’13 and associate dean of Harvard College Joan Rouse. Katz first proposed a sophomore class event to administrators. Smiles and Reynolds are also members of the Harvard Alumni Association’s Building Community Committee.

Passing of color to sophomore class revived as a Harvard tradition

A Harvard tradition of passing colors down from graduating seniors to rising sophomores is revived.

Harvard Alumni Association president Carl Muller ’73, J.D.-M.B.A. ’76 (at left), presents the Class of 2016 with its official banner during the Sanders Theatre portion of Freshman Convocation.

The Harvard College class of 2016 celebrates convocation

The Harvard College class of 2016 celebrates convocation with addresses by deans and President Drew Faust

President Faust (standing at upper right, during the singing of Hymn 27) spoke at the first Morning Prayers of the new academic year.

Harvard Memorial Church Morning Prayers

President Faust welcomes new Pusey Minister Jonathan L. Walton to Harvard’s Memorial Church.