Harvard University

Timothy R. Barakett, a member of the Harvard Corporation since 2019, will become treasurer of the University beginning July 1. He will succeed Paul J. Finnegan, who will carry forward as a member of the Corporation.Barakett ’87, M.B.A.…

David M. Rubenstein plans to step down from the Harvard Corporation on June 30, after a six-year term that began in 2017. A widely experienced trustee for an array of educational and cultural institutions, Rubenstein was elected last year…

Five alumni have been elected as new members of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers and six as directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).New members of the Board of OverseersSylvia Mathews Burwell ’87B.A. ’90, University of…

The Harvard Alumni Association has announced that Paula A. Johnson ’80, M.D. ’84, M.P.H. ’85; Philip W. Lovejoy; Antonio Madero, M.B.A. ’61; and Rya W. Zobel ’53, L.L.B. ’56 will receive the 2023 Harvard Medal.First awarded in 1981, the…

Ruth Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University, nationally recognized leader in higher education, and president emerita of Smith College and Brown University, will serve as a senior adviser to the president of Harvard…

When Harvard documented its entanglements with slavery last April, it pledged to make amends through a series of impactful recommendations, one of which called for the University to develop enduring partnerships with historically Black…

Ophelia Dahl, the internationally recognized health care and social justice advocate and one of the founders of Partners In Health, will receive the prestigious Radcliffe Medal on May 26, the Harvard Radcliffe Institute announced…

Brenda Tindal will be the first chief campus curator for Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, announced today. Tindal starts Feb. 13.In her message to the FAS…

Harvard University announced today the latest gift of $350 million from Hansjörg Wyss, M.B.A. ’65, an entrepreneur and philanthropist, to support the continued mission of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard…

Harvard University on Tuesday announced the creation of the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, a groundbreaking new entity that will advance and catalyze research programs across all of Harvard’s Schools and enable…