Messages from the Dean

Dear colleagues, Welcome to a new academic year. The start of the fall semester always brings a sense of renewal. As I watch the Yard fill with students and our community return, I am reminded of what anchors us: the pursuit of knowledge, a belief in the...

Dear colleagues, By now you have seen the message from University leadership about the deep and compounding financial pressures we are facing. These challenges are significant, and they will require careful, sustained work across the institution in the...

Dear Colleagues, I write to share the news that Scott Jordan, Dean for Administration and Finance in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), will be leaving Harvard on July 18 to become the next Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer at...

Dear colleagues, I am writing to announce the launch of the new Office for Academic Culture and Community within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and to share that Brenda Tindal will serve as its inaugural executive director, reporting directly to me. In...

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that Michael Faber will join Harvard as the next Associate Vice President and Dean for FAS Development, effective August 25, 2025. Michael brings to this role more than 25 years of experience in fundraising and...

Dear colleagues, In my email on May 16, I shared details of our Research Continuity Funding (RCF) program that supports FAS faculty research activities related to mass-terminated federal grants for the upcoming year (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026). Today...

Dear colleagues, Over the past several days, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), like other Schools at Harvard, has received a wave of termination notices for federally sponsored research grants from multiple agencies, including NIH, NSF, DoD, and DoE...

Dear colleagues, As President Garber shared in his message this afternoon (see below), the District Court has granted Harvard’s motion for a temporary restraining order as the University begins its legal challenge to the federal government’s unlawful and...

Dear Members of the FAS Community, It is with excitement and profound gratitude that I write to announce that David Deming, Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School, professor of Education and Economics at the...