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A major boost to PhD student financial aid, efforts to foster inclusion at FAS, Harvard Horizons highlights, and alumni Kavli Prize winners.

The 2024 Centennial Medalists have not only given the world lasting knowledge of their disciplines but also consistently inspired generations of scholars with their gift of exceptional mentorship.

Historian Mateo Jarquín explores the Nicaraguan revolution from the perspective of his compatriots—and in the context of the country's outsized influence on global politics.

For more than four decades as a curator at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and teacher at the University of Maryland, 2024 Centennial Medalist Arthur Wheelock brought knowledge and love of art to new generations of learners.

Centennial Medalist Joan Steitz’s research has laid the groundwork for targeted therapeutics, particularly for cancer, autoimmune conditions, and infectious and neurodegenerative diseases. But she almost didn't become a scientist.

By opening new areas of scholarship, 2024 Centennial Medalist Myra Marx Ferree helped shape the sociology of gender.

As a groundbreaking historian and activist, 2024 Centennial Medalist Martin Duberman has helped bring members of the LGBTQ+ community back into the American picture.

Making innovative use of computer algorithms and machine learning, Tyler Simko, PhD '24, addresses electoral issues like partisan gerrymandering and larger concerns like de facto racial segregation in public schools.

Professor Stephen Ansolabehere, PhD '89, says US elections are both more secure and fairer than their most strident critics contend. Moreover, some simple changes could translate into big improvements both in access and election integrity.

MIT Professor Erica Caple James, PhD ’03, traces Haiti's current unrest to its historic roots and says that ultimately, stability and security must come through governance accountable to the country's people.