Announcements

3.26.12
Harvard College Increases Financial Aid for Undergraduates
Harvard College will increase financial aid for undergraduates to a record $172 million for academic year 2012-2013.

3.21.12
Harvard Formally Recognizes Army SROTC
Harvard signed an agreement with the US Army to re-establish on-campus relationship.

11.18.11
Harvard Innovation Lab Opens
Harvard University launches platform for innovation and entrepreneurship.

3.4.11
Harvard Welcomes back Navy ROTC
Harvard University announced on Thursday (March 3) that it will formally welcome the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program back to campus.

2.24.11
Harvard College Restores Early Action
Harvard College announced today (Feb. 24) that it will restore nonbinding early action as part of its admissions process this fall and significantly enhance its recruiting program to assist talented students from modest economic backgrounds in navigating the admissions process

01.15.10
Harvard College Resumes Undergraduate Transfer Admissions
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith and Dean of Harvard College Evelynn Hammonds have announced that Harvard College will resume its undergraduate transfer program beginning in the fall of 2010. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2010, and notifications will be made in early June.

01.23.09
Statement on Score Choice
Students applying to Harvard are free to use the College Board's new Score Choice option and/or a similar option already offered by ACT.

12.10.07
Harvard announces sweeping middle-income initiative
Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith today (Dec. 10) announced a sweeping overhaul of financial aid policies designed to make Harvard College more affordable for families across the income spectrum. The new initiative focuses on ensuring greater affordability for middle- and upper-middle-income families through major enhancements to grant aid, the elimination of student loans, and the removal of home equity from financial aid calculations.

02.15.07
Harvard's 28th President
Read about President Drew Faust.