Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Progress at Risk - Harvard University Threats to federal research funding endanger scientific breakthroughs and disease prevention, treatment, and cures.

Funding cuts to Harvard reverberate far beyond our campus. Recent cuts have impacted dozens of hospitals, universities, and research institutions with which Harvard partners across 32 states.

The Right Care at the Right Time Lidia Moura discusses her journey from Brazil, her work on ensuring healthcare systems do better for patients, and a conversation at Harvard that revitalized her commitment to her work.

Lidia Moura, PhD ’21, discusses her journey from Brazil, her work on ensuring healthcare systems do better for patients, and a conversation at Harvard that revitalized her commitment to her work.

At the Frontier of Intelligence Binxu Wang is a research fellow at Harvard’s Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence (AI), where she focuses on visual neuroscience and understanding generative AI. She…

Binxu Wang is a research fellow at @kempnerinstitute.bsky.social, where she focuses on visual neuroscience and understanding generative AI. She discusses her research on primate brains, learning to survive in science as an introvert, and more.

What Moves Us? Alumnus Alkis Hadjiosif discusses how strokes affect movement, how he came to the field of neuroscience, and the rewards of working with patients in clinical settings.

Alumnus Alkis Hadjiosif discusses how strokes affect movement, how he came to the field of neuroscience, and the rewards of working with patients in clinical settings.

The Roots of Climate Change What if some of the carbon absorbed by plants doesn’t stay locked away, but instead leaks back into the soil, shaping the climate in unexpected ways? Nikhil Chari, a PhD candidate in organismic and…

What if some of the carbon absorbed by plants doesn’t stay locked away, but instead leaks back into the soil, shaping the climate in unexpected ways? PhD candidate Nikhil Chari studies root exudates and their role in the global carbon cycle.

Colloquy Podcast: The Problem with Humanizing AI Artificial intelligence is becoming more powerful and more present in our everyday lives. As more people turn to AI for help with everything from education to parenting advice, are critical mistakes…

Artificial intelligence is becoming more powerful and more present in our everyday lives. As more people turn to AI for help with everything from education to parenting advice, are critical mistakes being made in how it is used and understood?

Kempner Institute Announces Recipients of 2025 Graduate Fellowships - Kempner Institute Cambridge, MA – The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence today announced the names of 13 students chosen as the incoming 2025 cohort of Kempner Graduate […]

We’re thrilled to introduce the 2025 cohort of #KempnerInstitute Graduate Fellows! This year’s recipients include grad students enrolled across five @harvard.edu Ph.D. programs.

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Would Users Lose if Meta Sells Instagram? Whether you’re new to Harvard Griffin GSAS or have been here for years, you’ll find a wealth of insight and essential information in the Help Center. From policies & procedures to important dates and…

In a new working paper released by the National Bureau of Economic Research, PhD student Justin Katz and Stanford Professor Hunt Allcott find that breaking up Meta would likely be good for advertisers but bad for users.

Test Tube in a Drop Navajo PhD student Robinson Tom may have found a way for scientists to more easily and efficiently conduct millions of experiments simultaneously using oil and water droplets instead of test tubes.

Navajo PhD student Robinson Tom may have found a way for scientists to more easily and efficiently conduct millions of experiments simultaneously using oil and water droplets instead of test tubes.

Driving American Innovation - Harvard University Across our campus and throughout our nearly 400 years, Harvard innovation—in medicine, technology, education, and beyond—has made Americans' lives easier, healthier, and safer.

Across our campus and throughout our nearly 400 years, Harvard innovation—in medicine, technology, education, and beyond—has made Americans’ lives easier, healthier, and safer.

Colloquy Podcast: Can Judges Save Democracy? 2025 Harvard Horizons Scholar Andrew O'Donohue explores the complexities of democratic resilience in his project, "Law versus Democracy: Why Courts Defend or Undermine Democracy in Turkey, Israel,…

2025 Harvard Horizons Scholar Andrew O'Donohue explores the complexities of democratic resilience in his project, "Law versus Democracy: Why Courts Defend or Undermine Democracy in Turkey, Israel, and Beyond."

How SNAP Cuts Will Impact American Communities The cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” will have a devastating impact on food-insecure families and the communities in which they live,…

The cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” will have a devastating impact on food-insecure families and the communities in which they live, according to @usc.edu sociologist Leah Gose, PhD ’23.

While much attention is given to what we eat, less is often said about how we eat—who’s cooking what, for whom? Veronica Peterson, PhD ’25, anthropology, exp... Cooking as Care | Veronica Peterson

Veronica Peterson, PhD ’25, explores how 19th-century Chinese immigrants used home cooking to preserve culture, foster care, and resist exclusion.

Will US Strikes Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program—Or Make It Worse? Brigadier General (Ret.) Lee Denson, PhD ’67, led the military team that negotiated the landmark 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union. Now he…

Will US strikes stop Iran’s nuclear program, or make it worse? Alum Lee Denson led the military team that negotiated the 1987 INF Treaty between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Now he worries that the use of force may set back nonproliferation efforts with Iran.

Super Sensor PhD physics student Elizabeth Park discusses her research with atomic sensors that image nanoscale electric and magnetic properties and how the support of her father and her advisor help her through…

Elizabeth Park is a PhD physics student at the Harvard Griffin GSAS. She discusses her research with atomic sensors that image nanoscale electric and magnetic properties, her personal journey to PhD study, and outreach activities at Harvard.

Colloquy Podcast: The Queer Survival of Sappho 2025 Harvard Horizons Scholar Katherine Horgan explores the legacy of the ancient Greek poet Sappho.

PhD student Katherine Horgan examines the many texts that have carried Sappho’s legacy—both as poet and queer woman—over the centuries.

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Be Well: In Community, In Courage This year, the celebration of Pride at Harvard exists alongside a rising tide of political and social stressors. These resources from Counseling and Mental Health Services can help LGTBQ+ students…

This year, the celebration of Pride at Harvard exists alongside a rising tide of political and social stressors. These resources from Counseling and Mental Health Services can help LGTBQ+ students who are feeling the pressure.

Three Students Earn Top National Award in Social Science Three scholars from the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Harvard Griffin GSAS) were among 20 selected by the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy to receive…

Three scholars from the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences were among 20 selected by the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy to receive prestigious research grants in the social sciences in 2025.

The Coldest Experiment Ever By cooling neutral atoms down a hundred billion times below room temperature, a group led by Professor Markus Greiner and Muqing Xu, PhD ’24, have created “the most pristine artificial quantum system…

By cooling neutral atoms down a hundred billion times below room temperature, a group led by Professor Markus Greiner and Muqing Xu, PhD ’24, have created “the most pristine artificial quantum system ever,” making it possible to understand the workings of materials.

A Historian Among Lawyers Danny Jacobs, PhD ’23, discusses his research, his path from Harvard to the University of Chicago Law School (where he is a first-year JD candidate), and how his family inspired his turn to academia.

Danny Jacobs, PhD ’23, discusses his research, his path from Harvard to the University of Chicago Law School, and how his family inspired his turn to academia.

Colloquy Podcast: How Your Neighbors Shape Your Politics Boston University Professor Jacob Brown, PhD ’22, says that our political affiliations are not necessarily set in stone but can shift as the people and places around us do. That fact may offer some…

Boston University Professor Jacob Brown, PhD ’22, says that our political affiliations are not necessarily set in stone but can shift as the people and places around us do.

Brain Barriers and Breaking Barriers Ya’el Courtney's path to a PhD from the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences led through foster care, poverty, and illness. Now her research on the brain may help foster…

Ya’el Courtney's path to a PhD from the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences led through foster care, poverty, and illness. Now her research on the brain may help foster healthy, happier children.

Decoding Alzheimer’s Over seven million Americans live with Alzheimer’s disease. Nearly 12 million more are involved in unpaid caregiving responsibilities for family members, friends, or other loved ones affected by…

Current Alzheimer’s therapies offer patients only modest relief. None cure or halt the disease. Recently graduated PhD student Alexandra Lish wants to help rewrite that script. gsas.harvard.edu/news/decodin...

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Congratulations to our 2025 graduates! 🎓😊

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November 2024, February 2025, and May 2025 degree recipients participate in this one festive occasion marking the transition from student to alumni. Harvard ... 2025 Harvard Griffin GSAS Diploma Awarding Ceremony in Sanders Theatre

Happy Commencement Day! We'll be celebrating the Harvard Griffin GSAS Class of 2025 with our diploma awarding ceremony beginning at 12:30 p.m. 🎓

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The 2025 Centennial Medalists On May 28, 2025, Harvard Griffin GSAS presented the Centennial Medal to four distinguished alumni. The Centennial Medal, which recognizes those who have made fundamental and lasting contributions to k...

Congrats to the 2025 Centennial Medalists! The Centennial Medal, which recognizes alumni who have made fundamental and lasting contributions to knowledge, their disciplines, their colleagues, and society, is the highest honor that the Harvard Griffin GSAS bestows.
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Happening NOW: the 2025 Centennial Medal award ceremony! Watch the livestream of this annual celebratory ceremony that acknowledges @harvardalumni who have made outstanding contributions to society.

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Balance of Restraint Although war certainly didn't disappear after 1945, formal declarations of it mostly did. Graduating PhD student Katherine Irajpanah says changes in international norms around warfighting—the…

Although war certainly didn't disappear after 1945, formal declarations of it mostly did. Graduating PhD student Katherine Irajpanah says changes in international norms around warfighting played an indispensable role in the phenomenon.

Higher Calling A lieutenant colonel and a pilot in the United States Air Force, graduating student Roni Yadlin has conducted research that will help military leaders better understand ideological extremism among…

A lieutenant colonel and a pilot in the United States Air Force, graduating student Roni Yadlin has conducted research that will help military leaders better understand ideological extremism among soldiers and veterans.

2025 Harvard Horizons Scholar Katherine Venturo-Conerly is on a mission to develop a collaborative and sustainable approach to bridge the mental health care gap around the world. gsas.harvard.edu/news/colloqu...

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