GSAS News

There’s often a fine line between letting research guide you and getting lost chasing ideas down rabbit holes. While I have never tried to catch a rabbit, I imagine it is (at least roughly) something like cutting through the underbrush, chasing a trail, following it to ground, and at long last finding that little gap in the earth where you should dig. 

Rising prices prompted many consumers to shift to lower-cost goods from premium brands. However, an analysis of millions of products by Harvard Business School Professor Alberto Cavallo, PhD '10, shows how inflation hit budget products harder in many countries.

News organizations—and voters—rely more heavily than ever on probabilistic election forecasts from “data journalists” like Nate Silver. But are they really more reliable than other models—or a random guess?  

For her work on the way that behaviors and physical traits buffer and accelerate the process of natural selection, Harvard Griffin GSAS alumna Martha Muñoz has received a 2024 “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. 

Dr. Emery Brown, PhD '88, on a new system that could enable doctors to control more precisely the level of anesthetic administered during surgery. 

The first Black person to receive a PhD in computer science from Harvard, Raquel Hill now makes sure the next generation of researchers at the historically Black college understands the security implications of their work.