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How Growth Happens

Harvard Griffin GSAS alumnus Philippe Aghion was honored with a share of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics for developing a mathematical model that explains how “creative destruction” drives economic growth. But he notes that governments must balance progress with protection.
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Extinction Rates Have Slowed, Study Shows

A new study by Harvard Griffin GSAS student Kristen Saban and Professor John Wiens of the University of Arizona Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology reveals that extinctions in plants, arthropods, and land vertebrates peaked about 100 years ago and have declined since then.

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You See Saturn’s Rings. She Sees Hidden Number Theory.

To find equations that predict real-world systems such as planetary motion, Harvard Griffin GSAS alumna Laura DeMarco researches sequences of numbers that are generated recursively.

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Cuts Could Mean Nearly 9M Child TB Cases, 1.5m Deaths

A new study co-authored by Harvard Chan School's Nicolas Menzies, PhD '14, projects that US funding cuts to global health aid will have a catastrophic effect on pediatric tuberculosis.

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Was ‘Aeneid’ Critiquing or Glorifying Empire?

New translation from Scott McGill and Susannah Wright, PhD 24, classics professors at Rice University, digs into the lasting impact of the epic poem that Virgil wanted burned.

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Creative Writing Tools for Academics

The author of your favorite page-turner knew exactly how to make you keep reading: they posed a question and raised the stakes for finding the answer. Present your research questions similarly.

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