University News

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

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Appoints a New Finance Dean

Warren Petrofsky joins at a crucial moment when the FAS is dealing with a $350 million deficit.

by Lydialyle Gibson

How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Fall semester interrupted, a century ago

by Matteo Wong

Nancy Coleman Dean Harvard Continuing Education

A new leader for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ large extension operation

by John S. Rosenberg

Choices challenges facing Harvard approaching fall

The choices and challenges facing the University and the Harvard community

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Will Guarantee Staff Pay and Benefits Past June 28

“[W]e will not be pursuing any furloughs or layoffs of our employees at this time,” executive vice president Katie Lapp wrote in an email. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard fall coronavirus decisions

The factors influencing the fall semester—and beyond

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard professional schools move online, endowment distribution decreased

…and the endowment distribution is decreased, as the College completes its plans.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard Executive-Education Losses

An acute casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic  

by John S. Rosenberg

COVID-19 and the Graduate Student Union

“When times are tough, there comes to be this real question of who is forced to bear the cost.”  

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard Projects $750-Million Revenue Shortfall

Executive vice president Katie Lapp details losses from research funding and executive education.

by John S. Rosenberg

Harvard’s Endowment to Go “Greenhouse-Gas Neutral” by 2050

The announcement is not the same as fossil-fuel divestment, though it comes amid months of intensified activism calling for divestment. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova