GSAS News

Recent alumnus S. Furkan Ozturk, PhD ’24, talks about a life-changing summer camp experience, going to college during a coup attempt and ISIS bombings, and searching for the origins of life through the physics of molecular symmetry-breaking. 

New research from economists Jamie Gracie, PhD ’25, and Ben Goldman, PhD ’24, shows that investments in non-academic “navigators” can yield big returns for economically disadvantaged kids.

As AI becomes ever more interwoven in daily life, new research from Nina Beguš, PhD ’20, and Gašper Beguš, PhD '18, is beginning to map out machine learning’ "latent space," the hidden mathematical area that processes information and eventually produces an output.

New research shows that OpenMetabolics, an open-source, smartphone-based activity monitor developed by a team of Harvard researchers led by PhD student Haedo Chohave, outperforms state-of-the-art smartwatches and fitness trackers at estimating calories burned. 

Individuals who engaged in spirituality were significantly less likely to exhibit hazardous use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and illicit drugs, according to a new meta-analysis led by Harvard T.H. Chan School Professor Tyler VanderWeele, PhD '06.

Duygu Payzin Dogru, PhD '22, and her colleagues reveal the axolotl’s 'whole-body' secret to limb regrowth, offering a new blueprint for the future of human regenerative medicine.