University
Harvard Investigates IT Security Breach
The security breach to Faculty of Arts and Sciences and central administration information technology networks may have compromised email login information.
Zoning Board Delays Decision on Campus Center Plans
Cambridge residents and members of the board at a public hearing on Thursday expressed mixed opinions of the plans.
Kennedy Key to Same-Sex Marriage Decision, Law Profs Say
Following the Supreme Court’s landmark same-sex marriage decision, Harvard Law School professors said Justice Anthony M. Kennedy played an extraordinary role in advancing the cause.
Boston 2024 Downsizes Harvard’s Role in Olympic Bid
The change in plans represents a dramatic change from bid documents submitted to the U.S. Olympic Committee in December.
Harvard No Longer Slated as Boston 2024 Tennis Host
Dorchester’s Harambee Park, not Harvard, would host Olympic and Paralympic tennis if Boston is selected as the host city of the 2024 Summer Games, yet another sign that Harvard’s relationship with the bid is evolving.
Construction Underway, Kennedy School Targets Active Learning in Campus Expansion
Kennedy School of Government faculty and staff are working alongside an incessant “banging” noise as construction on the school’s dramatic campus expansion is underway.
Widener Library Celebrates Centennial
Attendees sang “Happy Birthday” to the library as they commemorated its 100th birthday with red balloons, rose-topped cupcakes, and jazz music.
Cambridge Planning Board Recommends Campus Center Plans
The unanimous vote to recommend Harvard’s plans to renovate the Smith Campus Center to the city’s Board of Zoning Appeal moves the construction plans one step closer to city approval.
MIT Committee Recommends Targeted Fossil Fuel Divestment
The report comes as environmental activists at Harvard and elsewhere call for colleges and universities to divest from fossil fuel companies.
Paul Choi, Chicago Lawyer, Will Head Alumni Association
Paul L. Choi ’86, a Chicago-based lawyer, takes the reigns of the association during a University-wide $6.5 billion capital campaign—the largest in Harvard’s history that would be a record in higher education.
Commencement 2015
Harvard awarded 7,736 degrees and 32 certificates during its 364th Commencement exercises in Tercentenary Theater on May 28, 2015.
'Face the Nation's' Schieffer To Join Kennedy School as Fellow
Veteran CBS reporter and “Face the Nation” moderator Bob Schieffer will join the Kennedy School of Government in the fall as the third Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy fellow.
Commencement Celebration
Jovonne J. Bickerstaff, who earned a PhD in Sociology, and Jacqueline C. Rivers, who earned a PhD in Sociology and African and African American Studies, celebrate during Commencement on May 28.
Commencement 2015
Jovonne J. Bickerstaff, who earned a PhD in Sociology, hugs Jacqueline C. Rivers, who earned a PhD in Sociology and African and African American Studies, as her degree is conferred during Commencement on May 28.
Record $400 Million Gift Renames SEAS
The gift will establish a permanent endowment for SEAS—which will now be known as the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences—as the school prepares to move into new facilities in Allston, Harvard announced on Wednesday.
Alumni Elect Five New Overseers
The five alumni, who will serve six-year terms as Overseers, are R. Martin Chávez ’85, Fernande R. V. Duffly, Brian Greene ’84, Beth Y. Karlan ’78, and John Silvanus Wilson Jr.
To Applause and Admiration, Ginsburg Receives Radcliffe Medal
Joined on the stage by former Stanford Law School dean Kathleen M. Sullivan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg discussed landmark cases she argued during her career as a litigator.
Radcliffe Raises $44 Million in Capital Campaign
The Radcliffe campaign goal of $70 million constitutes about 1 percent of the University-wide capital campaign goal of $6.5 billion.
Patrick Urges Graduates to Feel ‘Uneasy’ About Society’s Issues
During Thursday’s Commencement Day Afternoon Exercises, former Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick '78 told graduates that he wanted them to feel “uneasy” about problems facing society, such as income inequality and climate change.
Chan Gift Has Public Health Faculty Optimistic
A historic gift brings the School of Public Health promise for the future and optimism for the present.
Promoting the Harvard Campaign
Spending hundreds of millions of dollars each year, Harvard pulls out all the stops as it seeks to break a fundraising record.
Harvard Confers 7,736 Degrees at 364th Commencement
Ten people received honorary degrees from the University, including Yale President Peter Salovey and former Massachusetts governor Deval L. Patrick ’78.
The Founders: The Evolution of edX at Harvard and MIT
While the two schools co-founded the online learning platform three years ago, some say its effect has been greater on MIT’s campus.
Paying the Price
The University remains opposed to divesting its $35.9 billion endowment from fossil fuels, steadfast in the face of numerous sit-ins and demonstrations by students, alumni, and faculty affiliated with the activist group Divest Harvard.
Returning to High Returns
High expectations await Stephen Blyth, Harvard Management Company’s new CEO.