University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
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 College Admits Class of 2028
A smaller undergraduate applicant cohort—the first since Supreme Court ended affirmative action
The Interim President’s Agenda
Alan Garber on campus speech, academics, and his other Harvard priorities
Inside Harvard’s Taylor Swift Course
An English course pairs the music with Willa Cather, William Wordsworth, and Dolly Parton.
Talking about Talking
Fostering healthy disagreement
Harvard Admits 8.7 Percent of Undergraduate Early Applicants
The College class of 2028 begins to form in a new admissions era.
Harvard President Claudine Gay Testifies Before Congress
On antisemitism, “I have sought to confront hate while preserving free expression.”
Bearing Witness to Terrorism
Harvard Chabad, IDF, and Bill Ackman screen October 7 Hamas footage
Harvard Responds to Violence in Israel
As war in the Middle East rages, a war of words is fought at Harvard.
Alumnus Moungi Bawendi Shares Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Chemist revolutionized production process of quantum dots
Performing for the President
A musical and poetic “prelude” to Claudine Gay’s installation festivities