University News

Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.

Harvard Agrees to $53 Million Settlement in Body Parts Theft Case

The University will compensate families of those whose remains were sold and establish a scholarship to honor anatomical donors.

by Lydialyle Gibson

News Briefs

A natural- and artificial-intelligence initiative, Allston agita, shopping week, reckonings on visual culture and “denaming”

Presiding during the Pandemic

President Bacow on pandemic and academic Harvard

by John S. Rosenberg

A Bold Business Agenda

Business School dean Srikant Datar’s priorities for a globally engaged, digital future

by John S. Rosenberg

The Omicron Semester

Staving off the surge

by John S. Rosenberg

Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year

Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman received the 72nd annual honors.

by Kristina DeMichele

Does Omicron Cause “Mild” COVID-19?

New evidence suggests the threat of severe infections.

by Jonathan Shaw

Boosting Teacher Training

Harvard Graduate School of Education receives a landmark gift in support of its new teaching master’s program.

by John S. Rosenberg

The Legal Landscape for Climate Change

Jody Freeman on the possibilities for federal action

by Jonathan Shaw

Omnibus Omicron Intelligence

Harvard Medical School experts on viral evolution, vaccines, the immune system—and what’s next

by Jonathan Shaw

Supreme Court to Hear Affirmative Action Appeals

Harvard and the University of North Carolina had opposed the appeals.

by John S. Rosenberg