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Tackling Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

PhD student Abigail Frey won the 2026 Three-Minute Thesis competition for her groundbreaking research on drug-resistant tuberculosis. Her work’s great reward, however, is identifying TB mutations, paving the way for personalized treatment and improved global health.
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The Human Cost of Trade

MIT economist David Autor, PhD ’99, discusses the "China Shock" and its devastating impact on US manufacturing jobs, labor markets, and local communities. 

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The Woman Behind Japan’s Rightward Shift

Professor Andrew Gordon, PhD '81, discusses how Sanae Takaichi became the country’s first female prime minister.

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Last October, Sanae Takaichi became Japan’s Prime Minister after being elected as head of the Liberal Democratic Party, the conservative political party that has governed Japan for most of its postwar history.
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Immersed in Toni Morrison’s Multitudes

Harvard Griffin GSAS alumna and FAS Professor Namwali Serpell's new book is an appreciation of Morrison's 'difficult' oeuvre—and a defense.

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Can ChatGPT Plan Your Retirement?

MIT Professor Andrew Lo, PhD ’84, shares his thoughts on how AI is revolutionizing almost every industry, including financial services. 

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Exploring the Asymmetry of Life

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. 

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Ozturk in Harvard's Sasselov Lab, 2023.
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High Returns for Low-Income Students

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.

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Harvard’s First Black PhD: Part 1—W.E.B. Du Bois the Student

How did the Harvard PhD experience influence W.E.B. Du Bois, the man who would become one of the leading Black activists and intellectuals of the 20th century? And what connections did he make in the vibrant Black community outside of campus? Join us as we explore these questions in the first of a two-part conversation with New York University professor and National Humanities Medal recipient David Levering Lewis, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for his two-volume biography of W.E.B. Du Bois. 
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