Marina N. Bolotnikova

Photograph of Harvard graduate students during their strike

University News |

Harvard graduate students go on strike

HGSU-UAW members go out on strike two days before reading period. 

Photograph of art historian Shawon Kinew

Humanities & Arts |

Harvard Portrait: Shawon Kinew

Connecting European Old Masters with the new landscape of art history 

University News |

Harvard and Life Sciences Partners to Build a Center for Biological Therapies

A new center aims to bring cutting-edge medicines “from laboratory to approved therapy.” 

Union protesters march at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, May 1, 2019.

University News |

A Harvard Graduate Student Union Strike?

After more than a year negotiating, the union sets a deadline of December 3. 

An illustration of an elementary school classroom with two teachers and an observer

Education |

Where teachers thrive, students do

Education policy should focus on schools as a whole, not individual teachers, argues Susan Moore Johnson.

Photograph of Ryan Enos

Faculty & Community |

Social geographer Ryan Enos

The political scientist explains “social geography.”

University News |

Harvard College admissions process upheld

The College’s admissions office does not discriminate against Asian-Americans, a federal judge ruled on October 1.

A spoof passport written in Spanglish for the fictional country El Spirit Republic of Puerto Rico, with a domino in place of a national seal on its cover

Arts & Culture |

Harvard Art Museums exhibit displays the ubiquity of cross-border movement

The ubiquity of movement across man-made borders

The Boston Globe's front page on October 2, 2019, with the headline "Harvard's admissions upheld"

University News |

Full Report: Harvard’s Use of Race in Admissions Upheld

The College’s admissions office does not discriminate against Asian-Americans, a federal judge ruled October 1.  

Supporters of affirmative action protest in Harvard Square. A poster reads, "Defend Diversity."

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Court Upholds Harvard’s Race-Conscious Admissions Program

Harvard’s admissions policies do not discriminate against Asian-American applicants, a federal judge ruled today. 

A lake next to a mountain with autumn foliage and fog

University News |

Is Climate Change Ruining Fall?

Fewer cold nights could mean muted displays of fall color. 

University News |

Proposed NLRB Rule Would Revoke Graduate Students’ Union Rights

A changed playing field as graduate student union, Harvard negotiate