Greetings, members of the Harvard College Class of 2026. Claude and I have been working on my remarks for many days.

Today, Plaintiffs The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education (“JAFE”) announced that they have reached an agreement to resolve their claims ...

Today, Plaintiff Students Against Antisemitism and Harvard University announced that they have reached an agreement to resolve Students Against Antisemitism’s claims against Harvard. As part of the ...

Dear Members of the Harvard Community, In January, I announced the establishment of two presidential task forces to deepen our understanding of how and why the sense of belonging among Muslim, Arab, ...

The Ph.D. in architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning is intended for persons who wish to enter teaching and advanced research careers in the history and theory of architecture, ...

Jointly administered by the Department of Urban Planning and Design and the Department of Landscape Architecture, the program leading to the Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design (M.L.A.U.D ...

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 ...

We write today to provide an update on the work we must do together to address the financial challenges arising from ongoing shifts in federal regulatory and fiscal policy. As you know, the federal ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Dear Members of the Harvard Community, A few groups purporting to speak on behalf of Harvard affiliates recently circulated a flagrantly antisemitic cartoon in a post on social media channels. The ...