Capital Campaign
Kennedy School Prepares for Public Campaign Launch Celebration
The Harvard Kennedy School is preparing to enter the public portion of its own $500 million campaign in a two-day celebration beginning Thursday.
Lovejoy Named Executive Director of Alumni Association
Lovejoy, who has served as the HAA’s executive director since October 2007, will replace John “Jack” P. Reardon ’60, who will step down on July 1.
Dental School Aims To Raise $8 Million in Capital Campaign
Its campaign funds will be distributed across two priorities: financial assistance for student scholarships and fellowships and supporting for public oral health programs.
Business School Aims To Raise $1 Billion in Campaign
The school has already raised $600 million in gifts and pledges, putting it well on its way to fulfilling its share of the University-wide goal.
Younger Crop of Donors Fueling Capital Campaign, Supporters Say
Harvard has raised more than $900 million since the public launch of Harvard's capital campaign, and longtime supporters credit much of the progress to a new generation of donors.
Pershing Square Foundation Gives $17 Million To Fund Human Behavior Initiative
The gift will fund three new professorships and give grants to Harvard faculty and graduate students.
University Will Adopt UN-Backed Investment Principles, Launch New Climate Change Initiatives
The three-fold endeavor will launch a research-focused Climate Change Solutions Fund, increase sustainability measures on campus, and affirm the endowment’s commitment to environmentally sustainable and socially conscious investing.
Divinity School Launches Capital Campaign, Aims to Raise $50 Million
The Divinity School’s $50 million target, which is Harvard’s second smallest school, represents less than 1 percent of the University’s $6.5 billion fundraising goal.
With $1.3 Billion Pledged, FAS Campaign Over Halfway to Goal
The Harvard Campaign for Arts and Sciences raised a little more than half of its $2.5 billion fundraising goal as of the end of February, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith wrote in an email to the Faculty Monday morning.
Tuition Will Increase by 3.9 Percent, Largest Percentage Increase in Seven Years
The $2,200 hike, which represents a 3.9 percent increase, brings the total cost of tuition, room, board, and other fees to $58,607 for the 2014-2015 school year.
With Campaign Underway, Harvard Has Raised $900 Million Since September
The figure has boosted the fundraising drive’s ongoing total to $3.7 billion, more than half of its goal, University President Drew G. Faust said on Wednesday.
Bok Center To Double Staff, Expand to Allston
The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning will more than double the size of its staff and open a number of satellite offices across the Harvard campus, including one in Allston, with funds raised in the Harvard Campaign for Arts and Sciences, the center’s faculty director, Robert A. Lue, said Tuesday afternoon.
Largest Donation
Kenneth C. Griffin ‘89 has donated $150 million to the University, which is the largest in the history of the College.
Griffin ’89 Gives $150 Million to Harvard, Largest Gift in College's History
Hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin ’89 has donated $150 million to Harvard and has directed at least $125 million of the gift to support financial aid at the College. The gift, announced by the University on Wednesday afternoon, is the largest in the history of Harvard College.
Harvard's Record-Breaking Fundraising Total Trails Only That of Stanford
Harvard raised more than $792 million during fiscal year 2013, a 21 percent increase from its 2012 charitable contributions of $650 million and more than any other American university but Stanford, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Council for Aid to Education.
Hutchins Center Announces 15 Du Bois Fellows
The new fellows will join five others who have been in residence with the program since the beginning of the fall term.
Glenn H. Hutchins
Glenn H. Hutchins '77, a leading University donor and co-chair of the Harvard Campaign, applauds medalists at the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal ceremony in October 2013.
At Forum, Faust Stresses Importance of Higher Education and Humanities
The trip was the president's fifth to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland since 2008.
$10 Million Gift from Media Magnate Will Endow HLS Public Service Fellowship
Sumner M. Redstone's gift to Harvard Law School will support graduating students who wish to pursue careers in public service.
Benefactor Donates $10 Million to GSD
The Graduate School of Design announced last Wednesday that John K. F. Irving ’83 and his sister Anne Irving Oxley have donated $10 million to the school in honor of their father John E. (Jack) Irving.
Restaurants, Offices in Former Holyoke Center Face Uncertain Future
Restaurant owners in the former Holyoke Center said the University gave them little notice of its plans to overhaul the building at the center of the Square, but said they still hope to be part of the site’s future after part of the building becomes a new campus center.
Three-Story Campus Center Expected To Open in 2018, Holyoke Center Renamed
The center, which has been renamed after donors Richard A. Smith ’46 and his wife Susan F. Smith, will undergo construction beginning in 2016.
University Report Reveals Mixed Financial Outlook
Harvard’s financial report for the 2013 fiscal year paints a picture of a University that has recovered significantly from losses suffered during the recent financial crisis but is still looking with anticipation to the Harvard Campaign for relief, if not for a complete solution to all financial difficulties.
With Space and Personnel at a Premium, SEAS To Increase Faculty by Nearly 30 Percent
Facing constraints in manpower and space, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is set to make twenty new tenure-track hires and is preparing for its building projects in Allston, SEAS Dean Cherry A. Murray told The Crimson in an interview this week.
Radcliffe Institute Will Seek $70 Million in Campaign
Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study will seek to raise $70 million in its segment of The Harvard Campaign, Radcliffe Campaign co-chair Susan S. Wallach ’68 announced Monday night at a campaign launch event in Agassiz Hall in Radcliffe Yard.