University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard’s New Online Orientation Emphasizes Intellectual Paths
A summer course for first-years focuses on academic success, diverse viewpoints.
A Bold Business Agenda
Business School dean Srikant Datar’s priorities for a globally engaged, digital future
The Omicron Semester
Staving off the surge
Brevia
ARTS FIRST, Supreme Court affirmative-action review, fading role for standardized texts, and more
News Briefs
A natural- and artificial-intelligence initiative, Allston agita, shopping week, reckonings on visual culture and “denaming”
Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year
Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman received the 72nd annual honors.
Does Omicron Cause “Mild” COVID-19?
New evidence suggests the threat of severe infections.
Boosting Teacher Training
Harvard Graduate School of Education receives a landmark gift in support of its new teaching master’s program.
The Legal Landscape for Climate Change
Jody Freeman on the possibilities for federal action
Omnibus Omicron Intelligence
Harvard Medical School experts on viral evolution, vaccines, the immune system—and what’s next
Supreme Court to Hear Affirmative Action Appeals
Harvard and the University of North Carolina had opposed the appeals.