University News

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

Harvard Adopts Reforms as Higher Ed Turmoil Continues

University creates new “interfaith engagement” role; Columbia, Brown settle with the government.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Allston developer Law School shield and more

The Law School launches a “Shield Working Group,” Allston update, keeping tabs on “fake news,” and more

Rewriting labor law from a clean slate

A Harvard Law School initiative calls for a revitalized labor law “to shift power from corporations to workers.”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

An online Extension School course for high-school students

Literature professor Elisa New spearheads an online poetry course for talented students in underserved high schools.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Grass-roots organizing is focus of new book

Undergraduates contribute to a new book on grass-roots organizing at the center of American politics.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Sexual Harassment Survivors Condemn Harvard's Investigation Process

Accusers of former Harvard government professor Jorge Domínguez speak out about their experiences. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard faculty vote, governing board divestment

FAS votes for divestment, and perhaps a contending Overseers’ slate

by John S. Rosenberg

One Hundred Years of Educating Educators

At its centennial, the Harvard Graduate School of Education celebrates and looks ahead. 

by Jacob Sweet

Harvard President Bacow on University in Contentious Times

President Bacow on the challenges to higher education in a polarized era

by John S. Rosenberg

Houghton unveils TS Eliot letter about his muse Emily Hale

A bombshell letter from modernist poet T.S. Eliot, 50 years after his death

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard Professor Accused of Misleading Government Investigators

Friedman University Professor charged with lying about research ties to China

by Jonathan Shaw