University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Medical School Renames Diversity Office, Revamps Recruitment Program
The latest in a broader rollback of DEI at the University
by Nina Pasquini
Parkes Named Harvard Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean
The computer and data scientist is known as a listener and a leader.
by Jonathan Shaw
Marla Frederick Named Dean of Harvard Divinity School
The scholar of the African American religious experience will become dean January 1.
by Jonathan Shaw
Picking Team Players
A test can identify these productivity-boosting personnel.
by Max J. Krupnick
Tackling the Dental Care Desert
Harvard alumnae establish a college of dental medicine in rural Missouri.
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Supreme Court Bans Race-Conscious Admissions
The ruling encompasses both public and private institutions of higher education.
by Jonathan Shaw
Standing Out, United
Harvard affinity celebrations honor graduates’ diverse journeys.
by Ryan Doan-Nguyen
Faculty Honors, and a Farewell
A changing of the guard, in Mass Hall and University Hall
by Jonathan Shaw
Radcliffe Parole Reform Panel Features Rapper
Rapper Meek Mill and three other formerly incarcerated panelists argue for parole reform.
by Max J. Krupnick
Harvey Mansfield’s Last Class
After 60 years on the faculty, Harvard’s famous conservative is retiring.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Harvard Horizons Spotlights Nine Scholars
Emerging doctoral research on COVID-19, military model villages, children at risk, and more
by Max J. Krupnick