University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Reese Witherspoon Visits Harvard—and Talks Women, Media, and AI
Reese Witherspoon discusses female-driven content at Harvard Business School.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Named Harvard College Class Day Speaker
The basketball player and writer will address Harvard seniors on May 28.
Harvard Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
Harvard’s tax-exempt status threatened
Ability to host foreign students also in jeopardy
Encouraging Harvard to Resist
Alumni and faculty letters urge Harvard to defend itself and academic freedom.
Harvard Resists Federal Regulation of Academic Affairs
President Garber rejects federal regulation of academic affairs.
Reinforcing Harvard’s Finances
The University heads back to the bond market.
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Discipline and Financial Aid
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences discusses classroom conversations, boosts aid, addresses discipline—and faces austerity
Brief Harvard News Spring 2025
Physician-authors address Commencement and Alumni Day, new School of Education Dean, and more
Lawrence Bacow on the Auschwitz Memorial
President Lawrence S. Bacow reflects on the liberation of Auschwitz
The Trump Administration's Impact on Higher Education
Unprecedented federal actions against research funding, diversity, speech, and more