GSAS News

PhD student Victor Arul talks about his passion for events, managing his time as a student and executive on the Harvard Griffin GSAS Student Council, and the personal satisfaction he’s gotten from his work with the council during his time at Harvard.

The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation announced on May 6 that Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (Harvard Griffin GSAS) PhD student Ananthan Sadagopan has been named one of its 2025 Hertz Fellows. The prestigious fellowship is one of the nation’s most competitive awards for graduate students in applied science, engineering, and mathematics.  

Managing his responsibilities as treasurer of the Harvard Griffin GSAS Student Council can be tricky, but Fardin Aryan says it’s worthwhile to have an impact on the lives of his fellow students. 

PhD student Hannah Tam discusses her research on organ-level regeneration, her path to her PhD, and the life-changing lessons she has received from her mentors.   

Boston University sociologist Anthony Abraham Jack, PhD ’16, says colleges and universities often fail to acknowledge the inequities of class and race that follow students from home to campus. The solution? Pop the campus bubble and begin looking at the ways that place impacts the challenges low-income and first-generation students face.  

A major global study of flourishing led by Professor Tyler VenderWeele, PhD '06, reinforces prior warnings about the lack of well-being among youth, particularly in the US, and highlights the adage that money isn’t everything, with middle-income — not wealthy — countries topping a ranking of 22 nations.