University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
Helping Harvard Students Disagree
A facilitated conversation about facilitating conversation
by Kate Kaufman
Harvard’s New Online Orientation Emphasizes Intellectual Paths
A summer course for first-years focuses on academic success, diverse viewpoints.
Judge Extends Block on Trump’s Travel Ban for Harvard’s International Students
A longer-term decision is expected within a week.
Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Bar International Students from Harvard
Government lawyers shifted approach, offering University time to respond.
A Magna Carta at Harvard Law School
A rare original surfaces at Harvard at an “almost providential” moment.
Two Momentous Faculty Retirements
Arthur Kleinman and Harry Lewis depart the classroom.
Harvard Renames Diversity Office
The decision follows pressure from the Trump administration to eliminate DEI practices.
Harvard Research on Hold
Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.
Harvard’s tax-exempt status threatened
Ability to host foreign students also in jeopardy
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
The Trump Administration's Impact on Higher Education
Unprecedented federal actions against research funding, diversity, speech, and more