MassLive

Conan O’Brien urges Harvard grads to value humility over prestige

CAMBRIDGE — Commencement speaker and comedian Conan O’Brien playfully jabbed his alma mater, Harvard University, and himself while taking aim at the Trump administration. O’Brien, a Brookline native, ...
New York Magazine

Harvard Will Manufacture a Scarcity of A’s

Well, they’ve done it. Harvard’s faculty has voted, by a significant margin, to approve a plan to cap how many A’s are awarded to the highest-performing undergraduate students at the country’s most ...
New York Magazine

Getting Straight A’s at Harvard Might Not Be So Easy Anymore

America’s oldest and most prestigious university may soon be deliberately taking many of its students down a notch. This week, Harvard faculty members are voting on a contentious proposal to rein in ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard to Launch New ‘Energy, Climate, and the Environment’ Concentration

Harvard faculty voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to approve a new interdisciplinary “Energy, Climate, and the Environment” concentration, set to launch in the 2026-27 academic year — even as some ...
The New York Times

Starting at Harvard and Falling for Your First Tree

A freshman seminar encourages students to behave differently in the world and feel more passionately about biodiversity. Each Harvard University freshman in the “Tree” seminar must choose a single ...
Slate

Pete Hegseth Is Taking the U.S. Military Backward

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Pete Hegseth, perhaps the most thuggish ...
The Business Journals

War Department cuts all ties with Harvard, ending tradition dating to 1775

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min “Harvard is woke; the War ...
NBC News

Trump seeks $1 billion from Harvard in dispute over alleged campus antisemitism

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said late Monday that his administration is pursuing $1 billion from Harvard to settle federal probes into the university over school policies, with the two sides ...
Harvard Business Review

9 Trends Shaping Work in 2026 and Beyond

CEO expectations for AI-driven growth remain high in 2026—at the same time their workforces are grappling with the more sober reality of current AI performance. Gartner research finds that only one in ...
InfoWorld

Are you ready for JavaScript in 2026?

Strip the types and hotwire the HTML—and triple check your package security while you are at it. JavaScript in 2026 is just getting started. I am loath to inform you that the first month of 2026 has ...
The Business Journals

Goodyear gives green light to Harvard Investments' new master-planned community

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Harvard Investments plans to ...
CNBC

What Harvard researchers learned about use of AI in white-collar work at top companies

To join the CNBC Technology Executive Council, go to cnbccouncils.com/tec A research team at Harvard studying workers at Procter & Gamble and Boston Consulting Group ...