University News
Harvard Medalists
Four people honored for exceptional service to the University
by Nell Porter-Brown
Cooperating to Combat Coronavirus
As the novel coronavirus begins spreading in populations outside China, Harvard announces a collaboration with Chinese researchers to develop diagnostics and therapies for treating SARS-CoV-2.
by Jonathan Shaw
Divestment Slate Achieves Place on Overseer Ballot
Petitioner candidates qualify, will campaign to change Board of Overseers and Harvard investment policy.
by John S. Rosenberg
Marty Baron Named Harvard Commencement Speaker
During an era of shrinking newspapers and political attacks on journalism, The Washington Post’s editor will be honored.
by John S. Rosenberg
Boston in Motion
An exhibition maps the making of a metropolis.
by Drew Pendergrass
Former Overseer Diana Nelson ’84 Named to the Harvard Corporation
The former chair of Carlson Inc. has long been active in alumni affairs and in nonprofits focused on education, the arts, and children.
by Jacob Sweet
Reworking the Workplace
A Harvard Law School initiative calls for a revitalized labor law “to shift power from corporations to workers.”
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Harvard Credit for High-Schoolers
Literature professor Elisa New spearheads an online poetry course for talented students in underserved high schools.
by Lydialyle Gibson
Upending U.S. Politics
Undergraduates contribute to a new book on grass-roots organizing at the center of American politics.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
News Briefs
A professor arrested, gift-giving guidelines, and an update on the graduate-student union
Brevia
The Law School launches a “Shield Working Group,” Allston update, keeping tabs on “fake news,” and more