Popular Topics
This list provides background information and helpful links to topics of current and continuing interest to journalists and the University community.
Student Exchange and Visitor Program (SEVP) Lawsuit
International students enrich the learning environment at Harvard and countless other institutions across the United States. The recent steps announced by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding students under the SEVP to not allow international students to stay in the country if the programs they are enrolled in are holding courses entirely online, Harvard believes, is bad policy and illegal. On July 8, 2020, Harvard filed for a temporary restraining order prohibiting enforcement of the ICE order.
Harvard and COVID-19
Harvard University is closely monitoring the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Our top priority remains the health, safety, and well-being of our community, on and off campus. We are planning for several reopening stages to limit the spread of COVID-19 while ensuring the continuity of our teaching and research mission.
Admissions Lawsuit
Harvard College is committed to expanding opportunity, to excellence, and to creating the diverse community essential to fulfilling its mission of educating engaged citizens and leaders. Harvard’s admissions policies do not discriminate against any applicant from any group. We will continue to vigorously defend the right of Harvard College, and every other college and university in the nation, to seek the educational benefits that come from bringing together a diverse group of students.
Tackling Climate Change
At Harvard, we are acting on climate change through research that occurs across disciplines and throughout the world; through teaching and learning, by providing our students with the tools to confront this issue for generations to come; and on our campus, by modeling an institutional pathway to a healthier, more sustainable community.
The Harvard Endowment
Harvard’s endowment, the University’s largest financial asset, is a perpetual source of support for the University and its mission of teaching and research. The endowment is made up of more than 14,000 funds; the two largest categories of funds support faculty and students, including professorships and financial aid for undergraduates, graduate fellowships, and student life and activities.
Federally Funded Research
As one of America’s leading research institutions, Harvard University actively partners with the federal government and other research universities to strive for academic excellence, to conduct cutting-edge research and to further innovation.
Harvard in the Community
From Cambridge, to Allston-Brighton, to Longwood and beyond, Harvard is proud to be part of this region, and to contribute in ways that make the communities we call home more vibrant as a result of the work we do together.
Office of the President
Learn more about Lawrence S. Bacow, the 29th President of Harvard University.
Patent Enforcement
The creation and dissemination of new ideas for the public’s benefit is integral to a research university’s academic mission.
Student Unionization
The University is committed to protecting the integrity of its teaching mission, the academic freedom that supports its research mission, and serving all of its students, in every School and academic program.