The Harvard Crimson

Ali S. Asani '77 has been offered full tenure by University President Drew G. Faust, the long-time Islam professor confirmed to The Crimson last week.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) announced last week that students, faculty, and staff will receive new identification cards that use contactless Smartcard technology when they return to campus this fall.

Christine Heenan, a veteran of federal government, university public relations, and communications consulting, will become Harvard's next vice president for government, community and public affairs, University President Drew G. Faust announced Tuesday.

Harvard Medical School released a slew of committee reports last week as part of its strategic planning process, outlining significant expansions in areas like neuroscience and calling for the creation of a bioengineering program.

A Harvard summer school student was stabbed at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Garden Street during a robbery early yesterday morning, according to an e-mail sent to summer school proctors by Dean of Students Christopher S. Queen.

Harvard Business School Dean Jay O. Light may take a seat on the board of Citigroup, the troubled-but-venerable Wall Street firm that has taken over $40 billion in write-downs over the past year.

University President Drew G. Faust adopted a committee recommendation's for aggressive action on climate change this week, committing Harvard to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent below 2006 levels by 2016.

An old fashioned intellectual stalwart, Donald H. Fleming will be remembered for his productive mind and traditional etiquette, making him a much demanded dinner guest in Cambridge, friends and colleagues said.

Harvard inaugurated its first China office in Shanghai last week as part of a recent increase in the University's international reach, which will soon include an office in Beijing, multiple outposts in Mumbai, India, and an office in Mexico City.

Move over, Larry and Elisa. Harvard’s got a new power couple.

Summer bar review courses resumed at Harvard Law School on Tuesday after an online message board post that threatened gun violence at the Law School caused cancellations the day before.

Lamont Lemon, Cookie Endoughment, and Berry-tas were just a few of the Harvard-themed flavors available at University President Drew G. Faust's ice cream party yesterday afternoon.

Harvard's endowment posted returns of approximately 9 percent through the first 10 months of this fiscal year, according to data from the University. The increase puts the endowment's value at around $38 billion as of this April, up from $34.9 billion as of last June.

Move over, Barack Obama—come next year, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee won’t be the the only student fighting the undead on Harvard’s campus.

The pork medallions may not have been made of gold, but they just as well may have been when Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) won a gold medal at a culinary competition on June 20.

William Wright-Swadel, the director of Harvard's Office of Career Service (OCS), will leave his post as chief adviser to Harvard’s undergraduate job-seekers, taking his decades of advising experience to Duke University this fall, Duke announced earlier this month.

Former Nashville mayor Bill P. Purcell has been selected as the new director of the Institute of Politics (IOP), the institute announced this week.

Jay M. Harris, professor of Jewish studies and chair of the General Education committee, was named the College's dean of undergraduate education, the University announced last Friday.

Now that Harvard recently stopped using calcium chloride to reduce construction-related dust on Allston streets after residents expressed concerns that the compound could potentially harm neighborhood pets and contaminate the water supply, some say the incident was indicative of the University’s failure to keep the community adequately informed of its expansion plans.

Two out of five Harvard seniors entering the workforce will flock to lucrative jobs in business, consulting, and finance after graduation, according to a survey of more than 600 seniors conducted by The Crimson.