University News


Historic Humor

University Archives to preserve Harvard Lampoon materials

Boston in Motion

An exhibition maps the making of a metropolis.

by Drew Pendergrass

Photo Recap: The 70th Annual Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year Awards

Elizabeth Banks and Ben Platt received this year’s honors.

by Kristina DeMichele

Former Overseer Diana Nelson ’84 Named to the Harvard Corporation

The former chair of Carlson Inc. has long been active in alumni affairs and in nonprofits focused on education, the arts, and children.

by Jacob Sweet

Reworking the Workplace

A Harvard Law School initiative calls for a revitalized labor law “to shift power from corporations to workers.”

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harvard Credit for High-Schoolers

Literature professor Elisa New spearheads an online poetry course for talented students in underserved high schools.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Upending U.S. Politics

Undergraduates contribute to a new book on grass-roots organizing at the center of American politics.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

News Briefs

A professor arrested, gift-giving guidelines, and an update on the graduate-student union

Brevia

The Law School launches a “Shield Working Group,” Allston update, keeping tabs on “fake news,” and more

Alan Jenkins

A brief look at a Harvard Law School professor's long journey

by Jacob Sweet