University Finances
Harvard Lobbying Steady in 2012
Harvard’s Office of Federal Relations spent about $510,000 on lobbying in Washington D.C. in the calendar year of 2012, approximately the same amount as in 2011, according to public records filed with Congress.
Students, Corporation To Discuss Social Choice Fund
Five students will meet with the Harvard Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility this Friday to discuss the details of a social choice fund, the creation of which the University announced in December.
After Fiscal Deal, Funding Cuts Still Loom for Harvard
Congressional lawmakers reached an eleventh-hour deal late Tuesday to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, largely postponing what will likely be far-reaching spending cuts expected to cost Harvard and other research universities millions of dollars in federal sponsorship.
Harvard Braces for Decline in Federal Funding
As Washington lawmakers scramble to reach a last-minute budget deal before the end of the year, Harvard and other research universities are bracing for what would be the most dramatic cut in federal research funding in recent history.
Harvard To Establish Social Choice Fund
Following months of pressure from students and alumni and similar decisions at other schools, Harvard announced on Thursday that it will create a social choice fund.
University Leaders To Meet With Divestment Advocates
University leaders will sit down with student advocates of fossil fuel divestment and explore the possibility of creating a social choice fund, senior University officials told The Crimson this week.
University Leaders To Meet With Student Advocates About Divestment
University leaders will sit down with student advocates of fossil fuel divestment and explore the possibility of creating a social choice fund, senior University officials told The Crimson this week.
Harvard Corporation Increases Endowment Distribution
The Harvard Corporation approved a 2 percent increase in Harvard’s endowment distribution, the revenues which the University receives annually from the endowment, from fiscal year 2013 to fiscal year 2014, according to an excerpt from Harvard’s budget guidance documents obtained by The Crimson.
As Other Colleges Discuss Divestment, Harvard Stays Mum
While a number of colleges have expressed enthusiasm at the overwhelming Harvard student support for the divestment of the University’s endowment from the fossil fuel industry, many student leaders also voiced concern at the Harvard administration’s silence on the issue.
University 'Not Considering' Divestment
A week after about 2,600 undergraduates voted in support of a referendum calling for Harvard to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry, a Harvard spokesperson said on Wednesday that the University has no plans to adjust its investment portfolio in response to the student plebiscite.
University's Annual Report Shows Rise in Deficit, Decrease in Total Debt
Harvard sustained a small deficit of $4.5 million in the last fiscal year resulting from a 3 percent increase in University operating costs, according to the annual University Financial Report released Friday morning.
Housing Problems, FAS Deficit, and Harvard Prep
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
Graduating with Debt
“It’s like a paycheck-to-paycheck sort of process,” says Sasanka N. Jinadasa ’15 as she sits in Lowell dining hall.
Harvard Club May Sell Back Bay Annex
The Harvard Club of Boston is considering selling its “annex,” the building that sits to the right of the main clubhouse on Commonwealth Ave. in the Back Bay, according to the Club’s president, Nicholas J. Iselin ’87.
Jay Herlihy Appointed Dean of Finance for FAS
Jay Herlihy will be the new Dean of Finance for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as of Sept. 26, according to an email sent to members of FAS Friday morning.
