GSAS News

Professor Eric Maskin, PhD ’76, winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in economics, proposes a range of creative, feasible reforms—from ranked-choice voting and ways to improve it to changes to the Electoral College and adoption of the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact—that can bridge ideological and partisan divides and restore hope for American democracy.  

What’s causing health care costs to increase so steeply, and how new or uncommon a phenomenon is this rise? Health economist Anna Sinaiko, PhD '10, explains.

Ethical intelligence researcher Julian De Freitas, PhD '21, joins a research psychologist and Harvard's humanist chaplain to discuss how the frictionless nature of chatbots is affecting our human relationships.

You understand that something fantastic, or at least good, is latent in the elf draft—which is likely still interesting, if unpolished—and that you are capable enough to bring it to fruition. 

At recent Harvard-led summit, faculty from top institutions crafted a vision for revamping PhD training and taking advantage of powerful new tools.

Injecting the eye with a virus can cure age-related blindness—or kill the very cells that need healing. Virologist Apolonia Gardner, PhD ’26 investigates why this innovative treatment succeeds or fails.