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 Harvard “As Humane as It Is Humbling”: Morning Prayers
In Memorial Church, and at other opening-days exercises, President Bacow encourages the community to “excel in small moments.”
Convocation Welcomes Classes of 2024 and 2025 to Campus
President Bacow and Harvard College Dean Khurana welcome the Class of 2025 and, for the first time in-person, the Class of 2024.
Highlighting Indigenous People’s “Connection to a Place”
The Harvard Alumni Association acknowledges links with Native people.
A Nearly Normal First-Year Move-In
Arriving students animate Harvard Yard
University Approves New Law School Shield
Moving beyond a symbol associated with slaveholding
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard Scientists’ Leadership in Fighting Infectious Diseases
Dan Barouch awarded $24.5 million for HIV research, Marc Lipsitch named to national center for public health forecasting
The Art of the Dean
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences leader’s plans before and beyond the pandemic
John Harvard Statue Undergoes Restoration
The well-loved statue gets spiffed up for the new school year
edX Exit
Harvard and MIT sell to a for-profit company, and pursue their mission with a new model.
Divinity School Launches New Degree Programs
The new Religion and Public Life initiative promotes "religious literacy" in the professions