University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Helping Harvard Students Disagree
A facilitated conversation about facilitating conversation
by Kate Kaufman
Harvard Business Law, Schools Prepare Entering Students
Harvard professional schools help their incoming students thrive.
Will future online education become limited to professional degrees?
Harvard and MIT experiences suggest a more constrained vision for massive free courses.
Harvard teaching learning agenda
Lessons old and new at the annual Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching conference
Harvard president Drew Faust in perspective
Drew Faust’s presidency in perspective
Bill Gates talks with students
The Microsoft co-founder talked about his life as a philanthropist—and answered myriad student questions.
Harvard elects Lawrence Bacow president
Lawrence S. Bacow named Harvard’s twenty-ninth president
Fossil-fuel-free goal, shopping week RIP, and more
News briefs, from green-energy goals and a move to course preregistration to final-club final sanctions
Development leader departs, undergraduate ed dean steps down, and more
Development leader departs, undergraduate ed dean steps down, and more
How some colleges help first-generation and low-income students succeed
How some colleges help first-generation and low-income students succeed
Public Health’s Past and Future
Michelle Williams, a year into her role as Public Health School dean