University News
Breaking developments, leadership announcements, and policy changes from across Harvard’s schools and administration.
The Talent for Aging Well
George E. Vaillant's generational research on Harvard men unveils the differences that distinguish the "happy-well" from the "sad-sick" in later life.
The interdisciplinary social studies concentration celebrates 50 years
A groundbreaking undergraduate concentration celebrates half a century.
Harvard endowment investments up 11 percent
A year after declining $11 billion, investment returns on Harvard’s endowment turn positive.
Update on Fogg Art Museum renovation
Gutting the Fogg Art Museum on the way to renovating it
Harvard Medical School revises conflicts-of-interest policies
As corporate relationships with researchers and doctors come under more scrutiny, Harvard Medical School updates its policies.
Harvard moves to a tenure track for appointing professors
Revised promotion policies transform younger faculty members' lives—and promise sweeping changes in the professoriate as a whole.
Harvard's EVP revises budget, capital-planning projects
Executive vice president Katie Lapp is swiftly altering the ways Harvard budgets, builds, computes, and more.
Roundup of recent Harvard news
Canaday's solar roof, a rare giant flower, oil-spill commissioner, and more
On world tour, Harvard Business School dean Nohria talks "radical innovation"
A round-the-world whistle-stop tour promotes a message of change for business education.
Harvard social sciences dean Kosslyn moves to Stanford center
The cognitive psychologist will become director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford.
New Study Finds Long-Lasting Influence of Early Education
Kindergarten teachers and class sizes can affect adult outcomes, researchers discover.