University News


Unionizing Harvard Academic Workers

Pay, child care, workplace protections at issue 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Several Harvard Professional Schools Move Online for Fall

…and the endowment distribution is decreased, as the College completes its plans.

by John S. Rosenberg

The Man in the Top Hat

A return to campus, to take in virtual graduation with friends

by Caroline Engelmayer

Orchestrating Attention: “The Most Substantive Work You Can Do”

Artist Jenny Odell speaks at the Graduate School of Design Class Day ceremony.

by Nell Porter Brown

“To Heal and to Help”

Harvard medical- and dental-school graduates on the front lines of a worldwide crisis

by Lydialyle Gibson

“Disasters Sift out the Resilient”

At Harvard Business School’s virtual class day, a call for a new Marshall Plan

by Lydialyle Gibson

“The Work of the Public Health Leader Is the Work of the Herdsman”

Entering an era when “public health is everywhere”

by Matteo Wong

“Fear and Anger Are the Essential Ingredients of Injustice”

At Harvard Law School, Bryan Stevenson on getting proximate to the powerless

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

“Stay in Your Cocoon!”

Conan O'Brien ’85 speaks to the Class of 2020

by Jacob Sweet

The COVID-19 Commencement

During the pandemic, a downsized, online degree-conferral—and stern words about the war on free expression and Veritas

by John S. Rosenberg , Jacob Sweet

Life After Harvard: The Pains and Pleasures of Alumni Reunions

How Harvard reunions are cast in Ceridwen Dovey’s Life After Truth

by Nell Porter Brown