Interim President Alan M. Garber and Interim Provost John F. Manning have announced a pair of University-wide working groups to address aspects of campus climate that are critical to the success of Harvard’s mission of teaching, learning, and research.

Center Director Eric Beerbohm will lead the Open Inquiry and Constructive Dialogue Working Group. This working group will examine how to foster engagement across differing viewpoints as we teach, learn, and interact more broadly with one another throughout the University. The Institutional Voice Working Group, led by Noah Feldman and Alison Simmons, will consider whether and when our institution should speak on public issues. This working group will recommend concrete answers to questions such as: Should the University make official, institutional declarations about matters of social and political significance? Who is authorized to speak for the University on these issues, and how? Learn more about the Open Inquiry and Academic Freedom initiative here