University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Three Harvard Alumni and a Former Postdoc Named MacArthur Fellows
A labor economist, an organic chemist, a physicist, and a memory researcher were honored with 2026 “genius” grants.
Underwriting Sustainability Studies
A $200-million gift for the Salata Institute
2022-23 Ledecky Fellows
The 2022-2023 Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows
President Bacow Plans to Step Down
A post-pandemic transition, an early assessment, and the search for Harvard’s new leader
Victor Clay
The new police chief introduces a new policing culture.
A Passion for Equity
How urban designer and developer Anyeley Hallová became a leader in sustainable development for social justice
by Isabel Mehta
The Childcare Crisis
Neighborhood Villages in action, pre- and post-pandemic
The Taliban and Trauma
Alumni friends collaborate to help students at the Asian University for Women.
by Isabel Mehta
Abortion Rights Advocacy: Past and Present
A documentary from 1970 is re-released and newly relevant.
Wheat and War in Ukraine
A Harvard graduate’s design of the newly relevant Holodomor Memorial in Washington, D.C.
by Isabel Mehta
Harvard Files Brief in Affirmative Action Appeal
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall.