Harvard Launches Strategic Research Initiative

A new $150 million initiative—which represents one of Harvard’s largest direct investments in research—will fund promising avenues of inquiry in both basic and applied science, and fuel the creativity of the University’s exceptional scientists and researchers.

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Harvard College Reports Increase in Applicants for Class of 2030

Harvard College released data for the Class of 2030, enrolling 1,648 students from a pool of 55,104 applicants—a 15 percent increase in applicants over the previous year. Of students offered admission, 80.9 percent enrolled, marking a sixth consecutive admissions cycle with a yield above 80 percent.

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Alumni Honored for Community Building and Leadership

The Harvard Alumni Association announced the winners of the 2025–26 Outstanding Volunteer Leadership and Outstanding Alumni Community Awards, which recognize exemplary contributions to Harvard Clubs and Shared Interest Groups.

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October 20, 2026

The Idea of a University

Delivering Harvard's annual MLK Lecture, Wellesley College President Paula Johnson AB '80, MD '84, MPH '85 urged higher education leaders to honor “the higher purpose Dr. King saw in education."
October 15, 2026

Alum Wins Nobel Prize

Karl Deisseroth AB ’92 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for helping to launch the field of optogenetics, which has opened new windows to observe and understand the brain.
October 15, 2026

From Harvard Law to Nobel Laureate

Human rights jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay LLM ’82, SJD ’88 received the Nobel Peace Prize for her work to advance peace and international law.