GSAS News

The path from medium-security prison—as well as opioid addiction and family trauma—to a PhD program at the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences is narrow and has few travelers. Somehow, Johnny Smith found his way to it and through it. 

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. 

With the temperature dropping and daylight hours dwindling, it can be easy to feel your motivation do the same. Fortunately, Harvard and the surrounding Cambridge area offer plenty of opportunities to keep moving, enjoy the crisp fresh air, and reset as the light begins to fade earlier each day.

The allusion is extra, a bonus, an Easter egg without which the sentence should still function, though perhaps as a less interesting version of itself.

New research from Professor Brian Liau, PhD '13, and students Heejin Roh and Simon Shen unveils a powerful mapping tool that may help transform the treatment of genetic disease.

New research on axolotl salamanders from Duygu Payzin-Dogru, PhD '22, raises the possibility that the mechanisms that allow them to regenerate might one day be manipulated for humans.