GSAS News

Danny Jacobs, PhD ’23, discusses his research, his path from Harvard to the University of Chicago Law School, and how his family inspired his turn to academia. 

In 1910, German universities were the envy of the world. In the first half of the 20th century, China developed one of the best and most innovative university systems. Bill Kirby, PhD '81 writes that both were devastated by heavy-handed government intervention. Will US universities be next?

Boston University Professor Jacob Brown, PhD ’22, says that our political affiliations are not necessarily set in stone but can shift as the people and places around us do. That fact may offer some hope for the future of civic life in the United States . . . if we know what to do with it.  

Salman Khan, PhD ’25, doesn’t have regrets about his college experience; there are just things about actually applying to colleges he wishes he knew then—things he’s spent the last 15 years working to teach others.

A study co-authored by PhD candidate Lucas Woodley and FAS Professor Joshua Greene finds pairing members of opposing parties on the same side to compete in a specially designed quiz eases partisanship.

Steven Pinker, PhD '79, breaks down the history of taboo words, different categories of swearing, and the meaning conveyed by a bleep.