GSAS News

Aurélien Dersy is a sixth-year PhD student in physics at Harvard Griffin GSAS whose work straddles high-energy theoretical physics and artificial intelligence. 

After losing her mother to cancer, Jennifer Cruz, PhD ’25, devoted herself to improving health care access in rural communities like her hometown of Wapato, Washington. The result of her research is a much more detailed and nuanced way of understanding the needs of the people who live there.

Landing on the moon required the collective effort of hundreds of thousands of people. Understanding how humans achieve these kinds of extraordinary feats is at the core of psychology PhD student Yang Xiang’s research on how our minds navigate collaboration. 

Conversation moderated by Nien-hê Hsieh, PhD '00, the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, searches for more productive national ties. 

World-renowned exoplanet researcher Sara Seager, PhD '94, is searching for Earth 2.0 and life beyond Earth, even in inhospitable atmospheres like the clouds of Venus.

The fall months are flying by, and winter is just around the corner! As the term and the year draw to a close, take a moment to pause, recharge, and enjoy the season with camaraderie and Harvard Griffin GSAS programming featuring music, snacks, crafting, dancing, and more.