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The Community Builder

Since joining Harvard Griffin GSAS in 2013, Janet Daniels has helped create spaces for graduate students to connect beyond their academic work. Now, as the new director of the Student Center at Harvard Griffin GSAS, she hopes to expand those opportunities and ensure the Center is a place where every student feels they belong.

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Be Well: Finding Financial Balance in Graduate School

Financial wellness is a key component of graduate student well-being, influencing stress, focus, and overall quality of life. Harvard Griffin GSAS provides resources and guidance to help students understand their funding, plan budgets, manage debt, and build confidence in their financial decision-making.

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A Fresh Start

You don’t have to wait for the first day of spring to start changing—any day can be a fresh start if you frame it as such. 

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Dodge Macknight, "Pear Tree, Spring Hill, Barnstable, Massachusetts," Harvard Art Museums collections
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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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FAS Professor Namwali Serpell
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