New Vice President for Harvard Library
Sarah Thomas of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries named to new post.
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Making the United States Competitive
Firms are profitable, but the nation’s living standards aren’t rising.
5.16.13
Advancing the Science and Art of Teaching
Highlights from the second University-wide Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching conference
5.10.13
Richard Murnane Named Acting Education School Dean
He succeeds Kathleen McCartney, who will become president of Smith.
5.9.13
Faculty Air Governance Concerns
Harvard professors suggest administrative concerns override academic considerations.
5.8.13
Jeffrey Toobin to Speak at HLS Class Day
The author and television legal analyst will address the Law School class of 2013.
5.6.13
Accelerating the Application of Biomedical Discoveries
Blavatnik Family Foundation’s $50-million gift aims to support development of early-stage Harvard research into human cures
4.30.13
Harvard Medical School to Close Primate-Research Center
Harvard Medical School announced that it would discontinue the controversial facility
4.23.13
Brevia
Harvard news: Oprah at Commencement, Cass R. Sunstein, College admissions and costs, union contract, quiz-show titles overturned, sustainable-investing vice president, and more
4.15.13
Richard Saul Wurman to Speak at Design School
The TED conference creator will address degree candidates on Class Day.
4.3.13
Brevia
Harvard news: Allston development, education dean departs, social investing, multimillion-dollar gifts to universities, and more
2.14.13
Harvard Portrait: Abigail Donovan and Laura Prager
The pediatric psychiatrists’ book depicts emergency-room experiences with mentally ill children.
2.14.13
Allston: The Killer App
Harvard proposes moving the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences to the University’s expanded campus.
2.14.13
Statistics, No Lies
Statistically, a Harvard man—and Vigeland on MacLeish
2.14.13
The Deadliest Virus
Modified H5N1 could infect a billion people if it escapes the lab.