University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Divinity School Sets New Priorities
After two years of turmoil, Dean Marla Frederick describes a more pluralistic future for the institution’s culture and curriculum.
Harvard faces coronavirus impact
The sudden dispersal from Cambridge and Boston, Commencement postponed, and the looming financial consequences
Harvard rethinks online education strategy
A push to emphasize learning rather than teaching
Baron and Gates at Commencement, a lawsuit renewed,
Baron and Gates planned at Commencement, new Corporation member, a lawsuit renewed, and more
Divestment developments at Harvard
Developments at Harvard, Brown’s changed investments, and Yale’s engagement with companies in its portfolio
Harvard Overseer and HAA director elections
The official 2020 slates
Toward a Pharmacology of Resolution
An HMS symposium highlights the immune system’s role in ending inflammation.
President Bacow on Harvard in pandemic
Larry Bacow puts Harvard in the perspective of the pandemic.
Harvard Design Dean Whiting Cancer Treatment
The new dean has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Deforestation Damages Even the Rainforests That Survive It
The world needs tropical forests—but rainforest destruction continues unabated, and it may be even worse than you thought.
Harvard Overseer Election Postponed
The coronavirus pandemic threatened to disenfranchise alumni balloting.