John S. Rosenberg

Commencement |

Harvard Honorary Degree Recipients Commencement 2021

A Nobel-winning chemist, a documentary dramatist and a photojournalist, a preeminent news editor, and more

Screenshot of Emily Romero Gonzales

Commencement |

The Baccalaureate—and Proliferating Graduations 2021

President Bacow on reconnecting with other people, and new First-Gen and LGBTQ+ graduation celebrations join the roster

University News |

Harvard Reports Top Administrators’ and Investment Managers’ Pay

The annual disclosure of the most highly compensated University leaders

Matthew Potts portrait over photograph of Memorial Church in the background

University News |

Matthew Potts Appointed Harvard Pusey Minister

A successor leader of the Memorial Church

Photograph of Radcliffe Institute’s Byerly Hall, where fellows meet

University News |

Radcliffe Institute Announces 2021-2022 Fellows

Dean Brown-Nagin emphasizes fellows who will “reckon with this moment and its meaning.”

Harvard University shield

University News |

Harvard Requires Student Vaccination for Fall

President Bacow releases directive to the community.

University Hall

University News |

Faculty of Arts and Sciences Rule Changes Teaching Awards

Honors teaching excellence, and the memory of Nathan Glazer, in last regular meeting of the academic year

Photograph portrait of Jeremy Lin

University News |

Jeremy Lin to Speak at Harvard College Class Day

The former NBA star headlines the undergraduates’ virtual celebration May 26.

Photograph of Kevin Young

Commencement |

Kevin Young Addresses Harvard Alumni Association

The acclaimed poet and director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will speak at the annual meeting on June 4—and other graduation-week speakers are announced. 

A hybrid classroom showing the large screens enabling a teacher to see all the students, remote or present, as he is followed by a camera operator.

University News |

Harvard pilots in-person teaching for fall

Faculty of Arts and Sciences tests hybrid classrooms and other pandemic adaptations.

Photograph of Bridget Terry Long, dean of Harvard Graduate School of Education

Harvard Graduate School of Education |

Harvard’s new education master’s program

Harvard Graduate School of Education introduces core courses and a restructured professional curriculum.

Photograph of Ruth J. Simmons, Harvard’s virtual graduation speaker in May

University News |

Harvard’s COVID-19 spring and fall outlook

The spring semester, coronavirus KO’s in-person Commencement, and fall prospects