Honorary degree recipients are chosen based on a candidate’s overall and lifetime contributions and accomplishments. Harvard University is grateful for input into its processes, which we are always ...

Following a meeting of the governing boards earlier today, my colleagues and I are very pleased to let you know that Alan Garber, our interim president since January, will serve as president of the ...

Dear Members of the Harvard Community, I wrote in August 2024 to let you know that Alan Garber, then serving as Harvard’s interim president, would assume the title of president and lead the University ...

Good afternoon. My remarks at this moment in our Commencement rituals are officially titled a “Report to the Alumni.” The first time I delivered them, in 2008, I was the only obstacle between all of ...

The strong, uninterrupted partnership among the federal government, research universities, and industry underpins America’s leadership in biomedical discovery and its application to human health.

Dear Members of the Harvard Community, In April, the Institutional Voice Working Group was established to consider whether and when our institution should issue official statements on publicly salient ...

Family, friends, colleagues, students and postdocs, alumni, distinguished guests. I stand before you today humbled by the prospect of leading Harvard, emboldened by the trust you have placed in me, ...

The reenactment of a ‘black mass’ planned by a student group affiliated with the Harvard Extension School challenges us to reconcile the dedication to free expression at the heart of a university with ...

Dear Members of the Harvard Community, A few hours ago, the US District Court granted Harvard’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the federal government’s freeze of University research funding ...

Dear Members of the Harvard Community, Yesterday, the federal government announced that it has revoked Harvard’s certification under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) and stripped the ...

Dear Members of the Harvard Community, We have been through an extraordinarily painful and disorienting time for Harvard. Since I first arrived here as an undergraduate in 1973, I cannot recall a ...

For many of our international students, studying in the United States and studying at Harvard is the fulfillment of a lifelong dream. These students enrich the learning environment for everyone.