University News

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

Harvard Football: Harvard 31, Columbia 14

The Crimson stay unbeaten with a workmanlike win over the Lions.

by Dick Friedman

2022 Aloian Scholarship Winners

Enriching life in the Houses

HAA Clubs and SIGs awards

Honoring the providers of exemplary service and exceptional programming

Reparations for Slavery?

Documenting the history and scope of federal “reparatory compensation.”

by Jonathan Shaw

How the Brain Replays Actions During Sleep

Experiments using a neuroprosthetic reveal nocturnal motor neuron learning.

by Erin O’Donnell

“We Will All Be Arguing”

Convocation and Morning Prayers messages about free speech and fruitful airing of differences

by Lydialyle Gibson , Jonathan Shaw

Giang Nguyen

The HUHS executive director’s public health background prepared him well for the pandemic.

by Jonathan Shaw

Portraying Larry Summers

Celebrating the twenty-seventh president—and assessing his legacy

by John S. Rosenberg

Apollo 17 Turns 50

Two Harvard alumni recall a return from the last human moonwalk.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Brevia

Presidential search, boat house rebuilding, giant telescope, M.B.A. aid, and more

Science Surges

Fostering businesses within enginnering and applied sciences, Amazon’s quantum support, and changing concentrations