University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Harvard Funds Student “Bridges” Projects
Eight new initiatives to build community on campus will get underway early next year.
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.
Tackling the pandemic's hard ethical questions
Tackling the pandemic's hard ethical and social questions in an online Harvard discussion with Michael Sandel
Harvard Arts and Sciences Freezes Faculty Hiring
Dean Gay outlines near-term actions—and “the definition of a hard problem” facing the FAS.
Harvard Schools Pandemic Pressures
Deans articulate their diverse faculties’ divergent priorities (and problems)—plus an MIT perspective
Harvard Spending Cuts: A Pandemic Update
University belt-tightening announced, plus further information on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences—and higher education
Harvard Engineering Allston Move Deferred
As the pandemic halts construction, the move-in schedule for the fall semester has slipped.
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